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New Belgium Asheville holds its first official neighborhood open house, with NBB leadership in attendance: CEO Kim Jordan, GM Jay Richardson, and Director of Strategy & Sustainability Jenn Vervier.
Meant to highlight community partners, the event has a few stories to share of NBB’s ongoing relationship to local organizations.
For instance:
- Bent Creek Institute and WNC Communities both work with New Belgium to process spent grain in innovative ways.
- Around the site and in collaboration with the NBB site, RiverLink works with the City of Asheville to support stormwater mitigation along the stream that comes down Waynesville Ave. and runs through the New Belgium site. The effort will use a $400,000 Clean Water Trust Fund grant.
- Asheville on Bikes has worked with New Belgium since 2009 as a Clips of Faith partner. Money AOB raised supported the part of the purchase of the Waller Tract, now Hominy Creek Greenway. AOB continues to partner with NBB to advocate for and support multimodal progress in Asheville.
An interesting mix of Asheville organizations is slated to participate, including Asheville Design Center, A-B Tech, and and Green Opportunities.
From the NBB release:
Please join us! Please share with friends and neighbors!
New Belgium Brewing Neighborhood Open House
Our Partners + Our Process
Thursday, March 7 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Isis Restaurant & Music Hall
http://isisasheville.com/
743 Haywood Rd.
Asheville, NC 28806
Come to West Asheville and visit with the New Belgium team and our Asheville partners as we begin to develop our brewery.
- Ask Questions and see architectural renderings
- Talk with New Belgium folks and our partners about how this is coming together
- Hear about stream restoration, brownfields, greenways, creative repurposing & multimodal transportation
- Have a snack and a beer!
If you ride your bike to the event, Asheville on Bikes will park it for free in their bike corral!
Participating + presenting partners:
AB Tech
Adolphson + Peterson Construction
Asheville Area Riverfront Redevelopment Commission (AARRC)
Asheville Design Center
Asheville on Bikes
Bent Creek Institute
City of Asheville
Connect Buncombe
Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County
Equinox Environmental
Green Opportunities
Hart Hickman
Haywood Road Corridor Committee/WABA
Ken Abbott Photography
Mattern + Craig
Old World Architectural & Salvage Co.
Perkins + Will
RiverLink, Inc.
WNC Communities