Superior Court Judge John Morris upheld an amphitheater ban Oct. 15 and supported a conservation easement in a lawsuit brought byTriangle Land Conservancy (TLC) against Union Grove Farm and partners. Morris did not elaborate and farm owner Greg Bohlen has 30 days to appeal.
TLC sued Bohlen in 2025 over three farm roads built through the conservation easement-protected land and plans to build a 2,500 seat amphitheater. TLC sued to stop him from making permanent changes to the conservation easement area in the rural buffer off Dairyland Road north of Carrboro in southern Orange County.
Under county rules the buffer area bans water/sewer to curb urban sprawl. Orange County earlier rejected plans for the amphitheater, saying it was not an agritourism use.