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St. that Barlas plans to be operational by late spring. The Wilmington area is attracting a number of new beer companies.

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BY J. ELIAS O’NEAL Mike Barlas didn’t expect tobe in the nightclub business,but that’s what the city iscalling his new venture. “It’s pretty weird,” Barlas laughedwhile taking a break from upfittinghis new downtown brewery calledFlytrap Brewing. “We’re going tohave some live music, but the primary

use for this space will be a brewerypub where we’ll be showcasing ourown beers … I’m not even stayingopen past midnight on the weekends.”The zoning interpretation likelywon’t be the last. As Wilmington continues to see arise in local craft brewery proposals,planning and economic developmentofficials are playing a creative gameof catch up to amend city zoningcodes to facilitate business’s needs – amove that could generate more thanjust beer and good times.“We see this as a huge opportunityfor economic development,” said PhilPrete, Wilmington senior environ-mental planner who is spearheadingan initiative finding ways to lure andretain breweries to the city. “In many

ways, this could transform a numberof distressed neighborhoods that wehave in our more urban areas intosomething great for the city’s tax base.” Untapped growthDrive around the historic and cen-

tral business districts of Wilmington,and you’ll see why city officials arelooking closer at brewery growth inthe Port City.

“There are some really primepieces of real estate that could be

repurposed for future breweries orredevelopment in general around thecity,” Prete said. “Finding adaptivereuses for those buildings is an impor-tant part in helping spur new growth.”

Since the start of year, city plan-ning officials have identified at leasteight craft brewers that have set upshop across the city. That total wasnearly nonexistent a year ago.To untap Wilmington’s brewingpotential, city officials have formed a

Brewery Initiative Project Team – amix of planners and economic devel-See BREWERIES, page 16

“This is not the first or lastbrewery we’re continuing towork with. We have a lot of compelling reasons on why we should be on anyone’s site search forestablishing a brewery.”Scott Satterfield CEO, Wilmington BusinessDevelopment

Brewingpotential City officials hopeamendments to the landcode will unleash a waveof economic investment in the urban core

BY JENNY CALLISONYou might say that TannerClayton is a technologyimmigrant. Four years ago

this month, Clayton broughtWaveRider, his mobile technologydevelopment business, to Wilmington

from Santa Cruz, California. He andhis wife were attracted by the area’sbeaches and by Wilmington’s his-toric, river-bordered downtown.Since then, Clayton has g i

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excited. I’m still learning about newtech companies I wasn’t aware of,” he

said. “And it’s not just happeningdowntown; we’ve now got [University

of North Carolina Wilmington’s]Center for Innovation andEntrepreneurship. That has been huge;

they support a lot of startups, andmost of them are in the tech real ”Jim Roberts e

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with lawyers, accountants and mar-keting experts to hold pro bono“office hours” during which theyadvise early-stage tech companies.“I also look at how many startups

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PHOTOS BY CHRIS BREHMER

Tech sandbox: tekMountain (above), opening in late June on the top floor of CastleBranch’s new building, is designed to

nurture startups and provide a place for the tech community to meet and share ideas.

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