End of Harveysburg? Is Ohio in the Midwest? Here are today's top stories | Daily Briefing

Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer
·2 min read
The Ohio Renaissance Festival wants to detach its grounds from the village of Harveysburg, in part to avoid an admissions tax on tickets.
The Ohio Renaissance Festival wants to detach its grounds from the village of Harveysburg, in part to avoid an admissions tax on tickets.

Happy Friday! I’m Erin Glynn, covering Butler, Warren and Clermont counties.

It seems like most elections in the last few years included a village that no longer wants to exist. Moscow in Clermont County survived a dissolution vote in May. Owensville survived one in 2021. We said goodbye to Amelia and Newtonsville in 2019.

Now Harveysburg, home to the Ohio Renaissance Festival, is facing a dissolution vote from residents who are unhappy with their mayor and current council. Harveysburg is a small village (550 people) and residents like it that way.

I spoke to the current mayor and residents on both sides of the vote and looked at what the end of Harveysburg would mean for the festival and the surrounding area.

Click or tap here to see what I found out.

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