...when it has already peaked. This city has a knack for latching on to declining trends. Front forward, park in back? There's an ordinance for that and it gave us the rather awkwardly situated Chase Bank. Wide sidewalks getting a lot of buzz? We'll give that a try. Once. Avalon-like faux "town centres" (as it is called in Annapolis)? We're trying to push that thru posthaste. Developer with a micro-brewery in mind shopping for locations? City staff is all ears. When they're not hating on residents they're shopping Dunwoody Village around to anyone they can find.
And why microbreweries when brewpubs are already allowed? Because clearly that wasn't enough to get a brewery in daVille, and city hall is an alcoholic government. And, since the profits are in the liquids, from a business viability point of view brewpubs will lead the decline.
The Craft Brewery decline started in 2017, continued thru 2018 and after 2019 is undeniable. Unless you are Dunwoody city staff claiming "microbreweries and breweries have seen a sharp rise in popularity throughout metropolitan Atlanta." Given the trend of craft breweries to address the declining beer market (it IS over-saturated) with hard seltzers it seems much more plausible that someone at city hall has a link to a vested interest that would benefit from this change.
Staff has demonstrated no interest in anything that serves the needs of residents. So who do they serve?
And why microbreweries when brewpubs are already allowed? Because clearly that wasn't enough to get a brewery in daVille, and city hall is an alcoholic government. And, since the profits are in the liquids, from a business viability point of view brewpubs will lead the decline.
The Craft Brewery decline started in 2017, continued thru 2018 and after 2019 is undeniable. Unless you are Dunwoody city staff claiming "microbreweries and breweries have seen a sharp rise in popularity throughout metropolitan Atlanta." Given the trend of craft breweries to address the declining beer market (it IS over-saturated) with hard seltzers it seems much more plausible that someone at city hall has a link to a vested interest that would benefit from this change.
Staff has demonstrated no interest in anything that serves the needs of residents. So who do they serve?
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