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Big House Beans lands library cafe
April 5, 2019
Honoring The Fire Heroes
by Dawnmarie Fehr Correspondent
The Brentwood City Council selected Big House Beans (BHB) coffee shop to run the library’s cafe, which is expected to open sometime this summer. John Krause, who opened BHB near downtown Brentwood last year, said he’s looking forward to the added challenge of running two locations in Brentwood. “We are really excited,” Krause said. “We want to use that location as an extension of our presence in Brentwood and educate the community on coffee.” Krause’s application to the city was one of two; the other was Tess’ Community Farm Kitchen. Councilmembers Karen Rarey and Claudette Staton made up the subcommittee that recommended Krause’s application. According to city council documents, both councilmembers agreed that BHB would be the best choice, “... based on its approach to operations and rea-
The community is invited to the fire district’s first volunteer recognition ceremony. Page 5
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The Krause family – owners of Big House Beans – Brodi, Riley, LeeAnn, John and Johnny Krause pose in front of the Brentwood library. Big House Beans was recently selected by the Brentwood City Council to operate a cafe in the city’s library. sonably priced menu offerings.” The documents also mentioned BHB’s ability to offer a unique variety of beverages, specialty
coffees, fresh fruit smoothies and natural teas. “Both applicants were very qualified,” Rarey said. “Big
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A 10-year effort to obtain federal recognition of the Delta as a place of special significance recently culminated with President Trump’s signing of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, and the establishment of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area (Delta NHA). “National heritage areas are National Park Service recognized places where people have made an important contribution to the landscape,”
explained Erik Vink, executive director for the Delta Protection Commission (DPC). “Unlike a national park or a national monument where it’s all about the natural features, a national heritage area is about the interplay of the landscape with the role of people, the culture and the local economy where (people) have made a significant contribution, and where they tell an important story.” The Delta NHA is one of 55 NHAs in the country and the first to exist entirely within the state of see Delta page 30
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