The Blaine Economic Development Authority Dec. 3 approved selling property to a group of local investors that want to open a brewery and taproom next to the National Sports Center by the end of 2016.
Led by Blaine resident Previn Solberg, a group of six investors, four of them Blaine residents, will be buying the 1.76-acre site at 2025-105th Ave. NE for $298,995. The vote to approve was 6-0 with Council Member Wes Hovland absent from the meeting.
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