Cities court craft breweries

edmonton daily photo · 09-08-2012, 07:42 PM

http://citiesspeak.org/2012/08/09/ci...aft-breweries/

This one is for Ian..

I can't post any of the article so click and read for yourself.

edmonton daily photo · 09-08-2012, 07:44 PM

Ooo I figured out how to get off Wordpress for I pad

Cities aren’t just looking to attract established breweries; Wildomar, CA has sought to ease regulations to make their community more appealing to would-be brewers. Mesa, AZ will soon have its first brewery as a result of a concerted effort to revitalize its downtown Main Street. Mesa chose to focus on breweries because of their ability to “become magnets” and “drive a lot of people to an area” as well as citizen support for a local brewery.

In addition to Asheville, NC’s successes, there are a number of craft brewery focused efforts in North Carolina. The State has adopted legislation to be more hospitable to breweries. The North Carolina Hop Project is experimenting with local hop production. Appalachian State University (ASU) offers a student-run microbrew, brewing courses and has a full-fledged degree program in the works. ASU has also partnered with the North Carolina Bio Technology Center to create the N.C. Craft Beverage Regional Exchange to bring together the brewery industry for networking and seminars.

IanO · 10-08-2012, 01:22 PM

^^haha... thanks.

I still cannot believe how few micros we have in Edmonton given our propensity to drink massive volumes of beer.

edmonton daily photo · 10-08-2012, 02:10 PM

Ya.. and unlike the USA the cities can't really play with incentives for them to set up.. that has to come from the prov gov't.

;-(

edmonton daily photo · 10-08-2012, 02:12 PM

PS I talked to Anthem about setting up the the heritage buildings on the molson site in such a way to facilitate a micro brew... they were pretty sure there would be usage restrictions that prevent this.

ScottieA · 10-08-2012, 03:12 PM

Last time I checked we only had 3 microbreweries in this city:

Alley Kat
Yellowhead
Amber's

Sad.

IanO · 10-08-2012, 03:33 PM

With Amber's now in St. Albert...

ScottieA · 10-08-2012, 03:35 PM

Son of a...

09-08-2012, 07:42 PM	#1
edmonton daily photo Addicted to C2E Join Date: May 2008	Cities court craft breweries http://citiesspeak.org/2012/08/09/ci...aft-breweries/ This one is for Ian.. I can't post any of the article so click and read for yourself. __________________ "Do you give people who already use transit a better service, or do you build it where they don't use it in the hopes they might start to use it?" Nenshi

09-08-2012, 07:44 PM	#2
edmonton daily photo Addicted to C2E Join Date: May 2008	Ooo I figured out how to get off Wordpress for I pad Cities aren’t just looking to attract established breweries; Wildomar, CA has sought to ease regulations to make their community more appealing to would-be brewers. Mesa, AZ will soon have its first brewery as a result of a concerted effort to revitalize its downtown Main Street. Mesa chose to focus on breweries because of their ability to “become magnets” and “drive a lot of people to an area” as well as citizen support for a local brewery. In addition to Asheville, NC’s successes, there are a number of craft brewery focused efforts in North Carolina. The State has adopted legislation to be more hospitable to breweries. The North Carolina Hop Project is experimenting with local hop production. Appalachian State University (ASU) offers a student-run microbrew, brewing courses and has a full-fledged degree program in the works. ASU has also partnered with the North Carolina Bio Technology Center to create the N.C. Craft Beverage Regional Exchange to bring together the brewery industry for networking and seminars. __________________ "Do you give people who already use transit a better service, or do you build it where they don't use it in the hopes they might start to use it?" Nenshi

10-08-2012, 01:22 PM	#3
IanO Addicted to C2E Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edmonton	^^haha... thanks. I still cannot believe how few micros we have in Edmonton given our propensity to drink massive volumes of beer. __________________ inspiration or mediocrity www.decl.org Ottawa-Edmonton-Vancouver-Edmonton

10-08-2012, 02:10 PM	#4
edmonton daily photo Addicted to C2E Join Date: May 2008	Ya.. and unlike the USA the cities can't really play with incentives for them to set up.. that has to come from the prov gov't. ;-( __________________ "Do you give people who already use transit a better service, or do you build it where they don't use it in the hopes they might start to use it?" Nenshi

10-08-2012, 02:12 PM	#5
edmonton daily photo Addicted to C2E Join Date: May 2008	PS I talked to Anthem about setting up the the heritage buildings on the molson site in such a way to facilitate a micro brew... they were pretty sure there would be usage restrictions that prevent this. __________________ "Do you give people who already use transit a better service, or do you build it where they don't use it in the hopes they might start to use it?" Nenshi

10-08-2012, 03:12 PM	#6
ScottieA Addicted to C2E Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Edmonton	Last time I checked we only had 3 microbreweries in this city: Alley Kat Yellowhead Amber's Sad. __________________ Formerly known as Megatron

10-08-2012, 03:33 PM	#7
IanO Addicted to C2E Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edmonton	With Amber's now in St. Albert... __________________ inspiration or mediocrity www.decl.org Ottawa-Edmonton-Vancouver-Edmonton

10-08-2012, 03:35 PM	#8
ScottieA Addicted to C2E Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Edmonton	Son of a... __________________ Formerly known as Megatron