There has been a lot more focus on Harlem Brewing Company founder Celeste Beatty in the news since it was announced that the manufacturer of Sugar Hill ale will be moving their operations uptown. A recent feature in the New York Daily News provides a little more detail on how the Harlem business woman got her start 15 years ago and her desire to bring operations back into the city.
Apparently Ms. Beatty started out by brewing $5 batches of beer at her studio in the Mount Morris Park Historic District and then would name it after the neighborhood that her family was from. Since there was not a lot of manufacturing happening the city, the company had to choose a location 200 miles away to get the company started but it was always the local entrepreneur's dream to have facilities set up in Harlem. Now that the former Taystee bakery complex has been handed over to a developer, that dream is about to come true sometimes starting next year: LINK. Read more about this story in the Daily News: LINK. Photo courtesy Victor Chu for the News.
Apparently Ms. Beatty started out by brewing $5 batches of beer at her studio in the Mount Morris Park Historic District and then would name it after the neighborhood that her family was from. Since there was not a lot of manufacturing happening the city, the company had to choose a location 200 miles away to get the company started but it was always the local entrepreneur's dream to have facilities set up in Harlem. Now that the former Taystee bakery complex has been handed over to a developer, that dream is about to come true sometimes starting next year: LINK. Read more about this story in the Daily News: LINK. Photo courtesy Victor Chu for the News.
great to have manufacturing businesses back in Harlem. Heck, great to have manufacturing back in Manhattan, period!
ReplyDeleteSez she who remembers when they actually packed meat in the meat packing district, had a thriving flower business in the flower business district and the Flatiron Building actually ironed giant clothes.