MEDINA, Ohio – While in attendance at Main Street Medina’s annual meeting earlier this month, Mayor Jim Shields said the topic of a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area in the city’s downtown came up and was met with significant applause.
“I wanted to let council know that the administration is in the early stages of exploring a DORA which I know seems a little ironic when it is negative degrees out there, but summer will be here again,” Shields said. “The administration had been looking into this and it kind of sat for a while, but we are getting that going again.”
Shields said the administration plans to meet with some stakeholders in February to discuss the possibility of a DORA. Under the proposed DORA, downtown visitors would be able to purchase alcoholic beverages from designated businesses in the downtown area and would be permitted to walk around the area with the beverage while shopping and sightseeing. Each business would reserve the right to either allow or prohibit the open alcoholic beverages within their establishment…