Owners Of Reception Hall In South Of Oconee County Initiate Application For Business License After OCAF Event Moved

The owners of The Farm at High Shoals, the horse barn turned reception hall between Bishop and North High Shoals, filed an application for a business license last week, according to B.R. White, director of Oconee County Planning and Code Enforcement Department.

That was more than a month after the Oconee County Board of Commissioners approved a rezone for just less than 5 acres, including the horse barn, to allow the owners of the 306-acre horse farm to continue to operate the reception hall business.

The submittal of the application followed by a few days the Oct. 15 Stem & Stein fundraising event held by the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation in the parking lot in front of the OCAF building and at the Oconee County School System offices in downtown Watkinsville.

That event, formerly known as the OCAF Wine Festival, had been planned for The Farm but was moved after the county determined that its alcohol ordinance does not allow for temporary permits.

For more details and background on the story, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: OCAF building in Watkinsville.