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Council sends rezoning for former Drewry's Brewery site to full council after staff outline EPA cleanup
Summary
The common council’s Committee of the Whole recommended rezoning the former Drewry's Brewery site at 1408 Elwood Avenue from industrial to U3 (Urban Neighborhood 3) and advanced the measure to the full council with a favorable recommendation.
The common council’s Committee of the Whole recommended a rezoning for the roughly 14‑acre former Drewry's Brewery site at 1408 Elwood Avenue, moving the item to the full council with a favorable recommendation on Jan. 27.
Skip Morrell, principal development planner, and Joe Molnar, assistant director of growth and opportunity, presented the rezoning request and a site history. Molnar told the council the city acquired the property through a county tax sale process in 2022 after years of neglect and an improper demolition by a prior owner. He said the city partnered with the Environmental Protection Agency for initial asbestos removal work and cited an EPA cleanup award of…
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