ommission hears plans for rural event venue
The McLeod County Planning Advisory Commission held public hearings on two conditional use permit applications Wednesday, May 25 — one for mining and one for a home occupation in which a barn would be converted into a wedding venue.
Lois Ernst of Bergen Township, near Lester Prairie, applied for the conditional use permit for a home occupation regarding an events center to host weddings and other events.
Ernst said plans were to convert a barn on her husband’s family’s home place into a venue for weddings, receptions and other events.
Ernst said she will be removing some buildings on the north edge of the site, and is consulting with an architectural engineer on renovating the barn.
“I don’t want it to be a hodge podge,” Ernst said of her plans. “I want it to be done safe and right and for the benefit of the people who will use it.”
For more, see the June 1 print edition of The Chronicle.