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Gainesville planning board OKs new brewery location
Craft brewer plans to operate at Chicopee Mill
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Pap Datta, right, and his team stand outside the former Johnson & Johnson factory at Chicopee on Tuesday as they take a tour of the building into which they hope to move their brewery. Members of Datta’s team are, from the left, head brewer Jason Ford, architect John O’Connell, and head of research and development Rick Foote.
It’s not quite back to the drawing board, but Left Nut Brewing Co. is once again seeking approval from Gainesville officials to open the city’s first craft brewery. And the Planning and Appeals Board on Tuesday night gave the initial nod. Plans to open in the midtown district were scrapped last month when a lease could not be worked out for a warehouse property near Wild Wing Cafe.