Cooperative craft breweries: a new approach to revitalizing small towns

Nicole Tavenner
Brianna Ewert, cooperative development program manager for Lake County Community Development Corporation, high fives a newly signed on owner of the Ronan Cooperative Brewery.

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Ronan’s Valley Club was chock full of would-be brewery owners on Saturday, Dec. 2 during an ownership drive event for the proposed Ronan Cooperative Brewery.

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Steering Committee member Gail Nelson said breweries are great places to meet people. During a recent visit to Two Bassett Brewery in White Sulphur Springs, Nelson sold shares of the Ronan Brewery to a North Dakota man and his wife after relaying his enthusiasm for the project.

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Prospective owners and steering committee member Heidi Fleury share conversation during a Dec. 2 ownership drive that raised more than $26,000 for Montana’s first coop-owned brewery.

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Issue Date: 1/10/2018
Last Updated: 1/10/2018 3:04:03 PM |
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