Save the Brewery

author : Jade Lantern topic : Jade Lantern

Jade Lantern News Service

On July 1st, 400 employees of Miller Brewing will lose their jobs, and South Sound residents could lose their say in the future of a community asset of untold value. We are invited to a Public Forum on at 6:00 pm on June 23, to have at least one last say in what happens.

Built by Leopold Schmidt in 1902, the Tumwater Brewery has amazing historic, environmental and cultural values, with a river running through it to the Sound. The future of the Brewery is worth talking about.

Looking for solutions to longstanding controversies, labor, environmental and community leaders have formed a "blue-green" committee to craft a "Vision for Community-Driven Redevelopment of the Tumwater Brewery."

At the June forum, they'll ask for community input on possible uses for the site, and "What kind of economic development do we want in Thurston County?"

The forum is Monday June 23 at 6 - 9 pm in the Evening. Location TBA.

For more information, or to get involved, contact the Alliance for Sustainable Jobs and the Environment (ASJE) at

(360) 570-0718.