NEW HOLLAND BREWING COMPANY
COULD BE COMING TO SOUTH HAVEN.
THE BUSINESS HAS FILED FOR A
TASTING ROOM WITH THE CITY.
NEWS 8'S KYLE MITCHELL HAS
MORE ON THE HISTORIC SPACE IT
COULD OCCUPY.
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KYLE "THE HALES BUILDING ON
CENTER STREET IN DOWNTOWN
SOUTH HAVEN HAS BEEN A FIXTURE
OF THIS AREA FOR MORE THAN 100
YEARS AND NEW INVESTMENTS IN
INFRASTRUCTURE BY THE CITY
HOPE TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES
- LIKE NEW HOLLAND BREWING -
TO THE AREA."THE 200 BLOCK OF
CENTER STREET HAS CHANGED OVER
THE
YEARSa& "STARTED THE HALES
STORE IN THE MID 1850S, CLOSED
IN 2009."a&BUT THE PRESIDENT
OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF
SOUTH HAVEN SAYS THIS THREE
STORY SECTION OF THE OLD
HALE'S DEPARTMENT STORE
COMPLEX HAS REMAINED A FIXTURE
SINCE THE LATE 1890S OR EARLY
1900S.JIM OLLGAARD /
PRESIDENT, HISTORICAL SOCIETY
OF SOUTH
HAVEN "THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE
SAID FOR SAVING GOOD THINGS
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE GOOD
THINGS."A SECTION OF THE
HISTORIC BUILDING THAT WAS
SAVED IS BEING RENOVATED WITH
RETAIL ON THE GROUND LEVEL AND
APARTMENTS ABOVE.KATE HOSIER /
INTERIM CITY
MANAGER "ULTIMATELY THE CITY
COMPLETED A BROWNFIELD PLAN
FOR THE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING
STRUCTURES OVER THERE AS WELL
AS THE RENOVATION OF A 10,000
SQUARE FEET LIVING SPACE AND
5,000 SQUARE FEET OF
COMMERCIAL SPACE."NEW HOLLAND
BREWING HAS FILED A REQUEST
WITH THE SOUTH HAVEN CITY
COUNCIL FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN
OFF-PREMISES TASTING ROOM
LICENSE APPLICATION FOR 253
CENTER
STREET."I THINK PEOPLE ARE
ALWAYS UP FOR SOMETHING NEW."
AMANDA MINTON OWNS THE LIZRYAN
SALON AND SPA ACROSS THE
STREET AND SAYS NEW HOLLAND
COULD BRING MORE FOOT TRAFFIC
TO THAT SECTION OF DOWNTOWN.
SHE SAYS THE CITY'S
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
LIKE NEW STREET LIGHTS,
SIDEWALKS, AND UTILITIES ARE
GOOD FOR EVERY BUSINESS ON
CENTER.AMANDA MINTON / OWNER,
LIZRYAN SALON AND
SPA "IT WAS A PROCESS FOR SURE
BUT THE END RESULT IS
BEAUTIFUL. EVERYBODY LOVES THE
NEW PATTERNS ON THE SIDEWALK."
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PRESIDENT HOPEFUL NEW HOLLAND
WILL RECEIVE APPROVAL AND THE
OLD HALE'S BUILDING WILL SEE A
NEW
LIFE. "HALES WAS THE MECCA.
EVERYBODY STOPPED THERE FOR
GROCERIES."KYLE "THE CITY
COMMISSION IS SCHEDULED TO
REVIEW THE REQUEST FROM NEW
HOLLAND BREWING AT TUESDAY
NIGHT'S COMMISSION MEETING. IN
SOUTH HAVEN, KYLE MITCHELL,
NEWS 8."
