By Laurie Tulchin —- The advertisement for Dick Schwab’s Celebration Barn, thinly disguised as a March 29 Gazette editorial piece (“Keep the Celebration going”), was so misleading. For the past decade, Schwab has been building round barns on his 90-acre farm off Sugar Bottom Road near Solon without obtaining any building permits. It is true [...]
continue »For five years, local philanthropist and woodworker Dick Schwab has hosted weddings and charity events in handcrafted round wood and stone barns on his rural Johnson County property. He even built a large barn on his farm off Sugar Bottom Road to accommodate the special events of friends, neighbors and non-profit groups — he calls [...]
continue »The Johnson County Board of Adjustment voted unanimously on Wednesday night to allow Celebration Barn to continue operating through the summer. County officials initially denied the permit renewal because the property isn’t zoned for commercial use. That would have forced the owner to shut down operations in June, nixing a handful of special events planned [...]
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