[CPEO-BIF] "Breweries and brownfield cleanups: a synergy to celebrate" in Minnesota

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Breweries and brownfield cleanups: a synergy to celebrate

	
By Tracy Babler 
MinnPost (MN)
November 17, 2015

A good local craft beer goes well with many things. Here’s one that may surprise you. Redeveloping polluted urban property known as “brownfields’’ may be one of the happier synergies emerging from the growth of local breweries in Minnesota.

Last Thursday, Minnesota Brownfields announced that Surly Destination Brewery was one of several winners of its fourth annual ReScape Awards. The awards celebrate 12 finalist projects demonstrating innovation, collaboration and exemplary results in revitalizing brownfields throughout Minnesota. Following a national trend in brewery land use, Castle Danger Brewery in Two Harbors joined Surly as one of the finalists this year.

Craft breweries have been popping up all over the Twin Cities for years. When Surly Brewing Company decided to transform its Brooklyn Park-based facilities into an urban destination brewery and taproom, a Minnesota state law preventing beer sales on brewery premises stood in the company’s way.

…

For the entire article, see
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2015/11/breweries-and-brownfield-cleanups-synergy-celebrate

--

Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org

_______________________________________________
Brownfields mailing list
Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org