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Big moves for Nantahala Brewing
Big moves for Nantahala Brewing O n Monday afternoon, Joe Rowland, owner of Nantahala Brewing, announced the consolidation of its original brewery and taproom in Bryson City, a move which will shift the entire infrastructure of the production facility and taproom to its Burger Bar just down the road.
“After nearly nine years of operating our taproom and production brewery at 61 Depot Street in Bryson City, we have outgrown it,” Rowland said in a post on the brewery’s Facebook page on Feb. 17. “Over the last two years, we’ve made a lot of big changes to the layout and functionality of both sides of our taproom and brewery, and though they solved some short-term challenges, our long-term goals cannot be achieved in the space where we started it all.” Nantahala will temporarily close its taproom while they prepare to combine it with the Burger Bar in the historic RC Cola Bottling Plant. As well, there will be a “Leap Year Taproom Throwdown” on Saturday, Feb. 29, at the original brewery before it is permanently closed and operations head to the Burger Bar property.
“We expect you all to have lots of questions and we want everyone to know that this was a tough, but exciting, decision for us, and one that we’ve been considering over the past year,” Rowland said. “The memories we’ve made at our original location are too numerous to list, but the opportunity to move into a space where we can consolidate our resources and have plenty of room to grow were too great to ignore. Like all great adventures, there are beginnings, middles and ends, but in essence they are not linear. They are just points on a circle and where one chapter ends another one begins.”
Aside from the Burger Bar, Nantahala Brewing also owns and operates an outpost taproom in downtown Sylva, a relatively new location that has become a social hub of the mountain town.
The Smoky Mountain News will have a full feature article in next week’s newspaper about Nantahala Brewing’s plans moving forward. www.nantahalabrewing.com. — Garret K. Woodward, staff writer
Grant workshop for TDA funding
The Haywood County Tourism Development Authority has announced the timeline for 3% and 1% partnership funding for 2020-21.
To be eligible for funding, applicants must attend a mandatory partnership workshop at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. Feb. 27 at the TDA Visitor Center located at 1110 Soco Rd.
Applications for 1% funding are due March 31 and applications for 3% funding are due April 9. For guidelines about applications, visit www.haywoodtda.com beginning Feb. 27.
For more information, call 828.944.0761.
Celebrate Black History Month
The Haywood County NAACP chapter will hold its monthly meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, in the basement at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 28 Mt. Olive Road (just off of Pigeon Street, look for two steeples).
The group will be celebrating Black History Month with a presentation by local historian Sybil Argintar. She has been researching the history of African Americans in Haywood County. There will also be updates from NAACP’s working committees, as they continue to plan a bus trip for spring.
All people of good will are welcome to participate.
Become A Member Today! Contact the Membership Department for More Info — 828-926-4831
