The loading dock is gone.
Well they made quick work of the loading dock. That is not all they have also started to make cuts for the new doors. Below is a photo looking west along where the loading dock used to be. The next photo is the location of the far west door. Here is a picture of the...
Progress
Dan sent me some photos and a video of the loading ramp coming down. After a couple of weeks of teasing us they got to it. I will get some photos up next week of the finished product. It will be interesting to see how the brick wall looks...
City Council Meeting 10.5.15
Here is the video footage of the Brainerd City Council vote on allowing Northern Pacific Center to be a liquor zone. Buckle up and turn up the volume if you want to fully experience the excitement. Sorry I missed the first part, I might have been sleeping....
Black Tooth Brewing Company
We didn't just go antiquing while in Sheridan we took the time to hang out at the local brewery. The general manager was kind enough to take us on a tour and answer all of our questions. They had just finished their expansion project taking the brewery from a 10...
Destiny
I found this book in a quirky little antique shop in Sheridan, WY while hunting for Elk with El Presidente Mark. Actually we went into the antique shop after our hunt was over. I did not want you to think that we spent our elk hunting time antiquing....
Second time through the brewery with Hytec Construction
August 28th: From left to right Rick, David, forgot this guys name but he is the architect, and Craig (owner of Hytec construction) This was the second time through the property with Hytec but this time we have some blueprints to go over. First set of...
The first meeting with the Brainerd City Council.
August 17th 2015: Mark and Dan speaking to the Brainerd City Council. Yeah I know the picture sucks. I did not want to draw attention to myself so a snuck a photo from the cheap seats. This meeting was mostly a heads up to the city council....
A couple interior pics
Left to Right: David, Nate, Rick. Here is an inside look at where one of the doors is going to go. If you compare this photo to the one Nate was standing under outside you can get an idea of high that loading dock is. West end door that leads to the...
First on site meeting with Hytec construction
From Left to Right: Our leader Mark, Northern Pacific Center Property Manager Rick, Hytec Construction supervisor Mitch (?), Northern Pacific Owner David, and Roundhouse Brewery investor and Gull Lake Glass owner Nate Toumi. The day after the investors...
How the sausage is made.
Circa July'ish 2015. You will find from left to right or you may say clockwise: Nick Hoelz, Mark Lelwica, Dan Meyer, Mary Beth Scholand (Bywater), Tim Bywater, Sue Meyer, Rachel Hoelz, and Tricia Engelstad. The man behind the camera is me, Scott...