[MKOB] What are they thinking? (dixie brewery)

[tjconklin at charter.net]

But seriously, there was an article and front page picture in the Pic, with Dixie brewery in the forground recently. It detailed a huge project of some kind. My recollections are fuzzy, but I do remember the clearing of a huge patch of blight that included the Dixie brewery and everything behind it for many blocks. Was it the VA? Sorry I don't have more.
TC

---- Willis Brewer <wbrewer at boassoamerica.com> wrote: 
> If they fix it up, maybe they could change their recipe to have the beer
> taste good ?
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> From: mkob-announce-bounces at swampgas.com
> [mailto:mkob-announce-bounces at swampgas.com] On Behalf Of mike karnowski
> Sent: 11/01/2007 3:09 PM
> To: mkob-announce at swampgas.com
> Subject: [MKOB] What are they thinking? (dixie brewery)
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> The building would take millions of $ just to get up to code, I think Bruno
> is blowing smoke up everyones ass, why? who knows. I heard they were going
> to make condos out of the building...insanity!
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> New Orleans brewery hopes to rebuild
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> The owners of Dixie Brewing Co. in New Orleans held a party at the brewery
> last night, even though it stands abandoned two years after Hurricane
> Katrina and looters left the building an empty shell.
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> "We've worked too hard to give up now," owner Joe Bruno said. "Dixie is
> fine, a lot of people want it back on the shelves and so do we." 
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> Although the brewery stands empty the first new pallets of Dixie's Blackened
> Voodoo, Jazz Amber Light and Dixie Lager have been shipped and are on sale
> at select retail markets around the country. The beers are brewed under
> contract at the Minhas Brewery in Monroe, Wis.
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> After the party, owners Joe and Kendra Bruno hope to get to the business of
> rebuilding. The initial phase of the plan calls for rebuilding a compact
> state-of-the-art facility within the historic landmark, along with a rooftop
> Old World Beer Garden, Gift Shop, and Hospitality Reception Center. The
> Brunos hope for the brewery to be back in operation within the next 18 to 24
> months
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