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

[J Cooper]

Tom your right about a development, it included Dixie, but they had first 
right to buy it for the taxes or something like that so the developers went 
ahead without that section of the plan. Bruno wouldn't give up his rights. I 
think it was going to be a office development or apartments.
Of course you could be getting it confused with the VA plans for Gravier st.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tjconklin at charter.net>
To: "'mike karnowski'" <djpotpie at yahoo.com>; <mkob-announce at swampgas.com>; 
"Willis Brewer" <wbrewer at boassoamerica.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [MKOB] What are they thinking? (dixie brewery)


> 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)
>>
>>
>>
>> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>>   _____
>>
>> New Orleans brewery hopes to rebuild
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> "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."
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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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