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The Sutton Place Hotel had several local businesses decorate Christmas trees in its lobby for a fundraiser for the food bank. Participating businesses included Pharmasave, RCU Insurance, Garnish, the Rockford, Refinery Day Spa and more. How does your tree compare? ~ Alex Cooper/Revelstoke Times Review
Mt. Begbie Brewery finds new location for expansion Alex Cooper
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Mount Begbie Brewery is eyeing a location in Johnson Heights for the location of its proposed expanded operation. An application was set to go to city council on Tuesday, Dec. 23 – after press time – to re-zone a property on Oak Drive in Johnson Heights to allow for the construction of an expanded production facility. "We haven't finalized our plans
yet," said Tracy Larson, who runs the brewery with her husband Bart. "We're looking at between 12,000 and 15,000 square feet." This is the second proposed location to go the City of Revelstoke; a plan to build an expanded brewery next to the Railway Museum fell through after it was determined problems with the property would make construction costs prohibitive. That now has the brewery proposing a re-zoning of the property at 2155 Oak Drive, below the Hill-
crest Hotel. "It's unfortunate, the move out of downtown. We're very sad and not wanting to do it but our alternatives were few and far between," said Larson. "We didn't have any other land opportunities that were suitable for us, that were affordable, suitable for building on, large enough, readily available, etcetera." Mount Begbie Brewery has begun the process by seeking a rezoning to allow for a micro-brewery with a 15,000 hectolitre per year capacity to built on the prop-
erty, which is currently zoned highway commercial. Mount Begbie Brewery has just about reached its capacity for about 6,000 hectolitres per year at its current location, said Larson. They are also looking to expand their brewery tour offerings, which are currently offered only twice a week so they don't interfere with production. "That's a part of our business we'd like to expand and we can't do so in this area," said Larson. The proposed location stretches
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from Oak Drive almost to Townley Street. The brewery would be located at the southern end of the property and most of the site would remain unused. Larson said they hope to begin construction in the fall of 2015. “It’s going to be a busy year for us,” she said. “The move will be very interesting.” Visit the Times Review website for an update on this story with reaction from the Dec. 23 meeting of council.
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