Ward 15 Alderwoman Megan Green last week pulled a resolution aimed at aiding an expansion of the brewery, at 4714 Holt Ave. Civil Life planned to add a canning line and build a new pub and cold storage facilities at nearby 4108 Beck Ave., which it acquired for $55,000. The project was to cost $1.9 million and add 13 jobs, according to city documents.

The city’s Enhanced Enterprise Zone Board in April recommended giving the project tax abatement for 10 years based on 95% of the assessed value of its two properties. Green, though, wanted the abatement to be based on 90% of assessed value of subsequent improvements for the first two years, decreasing 5% every two years.

Civil Life owner Jake Hafner said the changes caused by Green’s plan would have been partially offset by a reduction in the manufacturing tax, but “the details of this were never made clear.” Hafner also said Civil Life would have forgone several years of a current tax abatement under the abandoned plan.

gary kreie wrote: How about old Kirkwood Station Brewery space now available for lease?

southcitygent wrote:I'm not going to debate the details of this specific proposal, however I lean towards incentives for Civil Life for a couple of reasons. The area that they are located is still in transition and the brewery is an important  anchor that needs to be supported and encouraged to expand. It brings employment and people to a part off the city that is overlooked.  Being on the edge of Dutchtown/Bevo their potential  impact is much greater on those neighborhoods than the more stable Tower Grove south. We need to keep development moving outward from the central corridor.