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The facility will be a taproom, restaurant, outdoor social space, and a small pilot, nano-brew house — the main production will still be in the Springfield location — one that will allow for what Yates called “one-off” experimental ales.
“It will be a smaller scale — probably a three- or five-barrel brew system, which will allow us to spread our creativity wings a little and try some things that we couldn’t afford to do on a large scale like we have here in Springfield,” he explained. “It will be fun; I’m excited. Springfield’s great, and Springfield’s coming along, but it will be great to do a little bit of both.”
Draught Pick
Summing up his thoughts on the two communi- ties where White Lion will have a presence, Berry said
department that can expand and keep up with more numerous and complex systems,” he noted. “It may show great payback and be worth the capital invest- ment, but if you have to bring in outside people every time for general maintenance and repair, the savings can get depleted really fast.”
Through the Roof
Despite the uncertainty about project scheduling these days, Edgin said, clients still want the design work done now. But fluctuating material costs over the life of a project remain a daunting factor.
“If you talked about something a year ago and you’re now bidding it, and you haven’t updated your budget, there is risk there unless there is sufficient contingency money,” he added. “Some materials went through the roof and then tapered back closer
Springfield and Amherst have “similar bones.” By that, he meant they’re trying to achieve the
same things in their downtowns — specifically the establishment of an eclectic mix of businesses that complement one another and, together, create a destination.
White Lion has become a key piece of this puzzle in Springfield, and Berry is expecting the same in Amherst, especially with his new business partner attached to the project.
Together, they’ll be making a full-court press in a town where Camby is synonymous with success. u
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to their original norms, but are not quite there yet. Lumber went through the roof but came back down — but not all the way down. Better than it was six months ago, but certainly not what it was two years ago. Steel, same thing.”
Despite the economic challenges, Bartini said, it’s full speed ahead at Berkshire Design, particularly on the residential side.
“We’re always pretty busy, and we still have the same kind of mix — maybe three new houses go up a year, and the rest is additions, renovations, or a com- bination of both. We’ve had a lot of new construction despite the fact that building prices are through the roof.” u
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and participate
and facilitate and coordinate outdoor programming, special events,
and business-improvement initiatives. Based off
of what we’ve witnessed and knowing what they’re doing, it made total sense to be right in the heart of downtown Amherst.”
What also made sense, he said, was to meld the White Lion brand with the brand that Camby has developed, especially in the community where he originally made his mark a quarter-century ago.
Berry said preliminary design work is underway, and the Amherst facility should be open for busi- ness by the end of December, in time for the winter semester of classes at UMass and other area schools.
Architects
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but over the life cycle, the cost savings are great,” Edgin said. “But if they’re only budgeting based on bid day and the construction period, they want to keep it as low as possible. That’s not a long-term view, and it’s not as good for the environment. So they have to decide: are they committed to spending a little more money now to go all in? Or do they just want to talk that way?”
Maintenance budget is another factor when con- sidering sustainable building and systems, Hanifan added.
“These are very elaborate and energy-efficient sys- tems, but if you’re a small town and don’t have a large maintance staff, you’re not going to be able to keep up with the systems, where a larger city has a facilities
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