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OT: Athens Losing Terrapin
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:56 pm
Posted on 6/25/15 at 12:56 pm
what a shame if terrapin winds up moving to South Carolina... The state of GA can't do a damn thing right, and losing what is supposedly an Athens staple will tarnish its reputation forever. Before you know it, creature comforts will follow suit if it gets bigger and bigger like Terrapin has over the years.
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Posted on 6/25/15 at 1:06 pm to PNW
Give it time. Economic Development departments in GA have been doing good work lately.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 1:12 pm to PNW
I thought the Flagpole said it wasn't losing Terrapin, that it could have but the city stepped up to help the business expand on its current location?
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Cochran and Mayor Nancy Denson have signed a tentative agreement. And ACC’s fiscal 2016 budget, approved earlier this month, includes $350,000 for an unnamed economic development project that now appears to be Terrapin.
In exchange for ACC incentives, Terrapin has tentatively agreed to invest $12 million and create at least 25 jobs averaging at least a $30,000 salary over the next six years.
This post was edited on 6/25/15 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 6/25/15 at 8:35 pm to PNW
As big as Terrapin is, they aren't as big as the distributor lobby in GA.
The issue is, in GA (and only two other states), a brewer can sell direct to the public OR be sold in stores. They can't do both. And to be sold in stores, you must go through a distributor. The brewer can't go direct to 5 points liquor store and make a deal. That have to go through a distributor by law.
Until that law is changed, Terrapin can only sell direct through "tours" with a flat fee for the "tour" that comes with a "free glass" that entitles you to a few "free samples".
It's the same way Creature Comforts operates.
It looks like ACC is subsidizing Terrapin to hang around a little bit longer, anticipating a state law change.
The issue is, in GA (and only two other states), a brewer can sell direct to the public OR be sold in stores. They can't do both. And to be sold in stores, you must go through a distributor. The brewer can't go direct to 5 points liquor store and make a deal. That have to go through a distributor by law.
Until that law is changed, Terrapin can only sell direct through "tours" with a flat fee for the "tour" that comes with a "free glass" that entitles you to a few "free samples".
It's the same way Creature Comforts operates.
It looks like ACC is subsidizing Terrapin to hang around a little bit longer, anticipating a state law change.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 3:41 pm to PNW
Terrapin is kind of overrated.
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