Mirella Amato tweeted this really interesting article.
http://bit.ly/1axEA1A
It briefly profiles six American cities who had neighbourhoods in serious trouble. Renewal was very much helped by craft brewers.
Hamilton would be the lucky beneficiary of a similar process. All the ingredients for a transformation are here; a brewer or 3 would be the catalyst.
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6 Cities transformed with the help of craft brewers
When I was researching my thesis I wrote an entire section that looked at exactly this (microbreweries and urban/environmental revival). It highlighted Great Lakes Brewing in Cleveland, Stone World Bistro and Gardens in Escondido, and the Distillery District here in Toronto. Unfortunately the topic changed slightly and most of it became irrelevant and had to be cut out. But it's something that deserves more attention so I'm glad to see it getting out there. Thanks for sharing!
Nice article. I'm curious what Great Lakes looked like 20 years ago...it's a great neighborhood now.
There still isn't much around Harpoon...pretty desolate area still.
I don't know if Stone counts though aside from employing everyone who lives in Escondido
There really isn't much else in the town (except Lost Abbey)
There still isn't much around Harpoon...pretty desolate area still.
I don't know if Stone counts though aside from employing everyone who lives in Escondido
There really isn't much else in the town (except Lost Abbey)Stone was more for the environmental aspect, and the actual architecture of the Bistro. Did you know their tables were re-appropriated from Civil War-era tobacco barrels!?admviolin wrote:I don't know if Stone counts though aside from employing everyone who lives in Escondido