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‘Save the Garage’: The ongoing battle over a music venue on the Agricultural Reserve in Montgomery Co.

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The Garage door is being lowered. Again.

A beloved local music venue on Boyds’ Honey Acres Farm in Montgomery County’s Agricultural Reserve must shut down all public music events, per a district court judge’s recent ruling.

Its founders are fighting back. Opponents argue there’s no place for a music venue on protected farmland. Muddy definitions of “agritourism” are complicating the situation.

This story continues. Read the rest at The Banner Montgomery.

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