I received the following note from Edgar Luna, of the Planning Division:
This office received your letter dated June 18, 2008, addressed to the “Zoning Board”. I read with interest yout proposed project. Attached please find the Worcester Zoning Ordinance regulations that pertain to “Manufacturing Uses”. I included a small map to help you identify the [...]
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Worcester code: not on residential property
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Unfortunately, Worcester has plenty of code that prevents virtually anyone from manufacturing virtually anything on residential property that is intended for sale. I spoke to someone at the Code department and was advised that it simply couldn’t be done. I was given an example of a home-based business that was recently shut down for producing [...]
City of Worcester Licensing
Friday, June 20, 2008
My letters would have hit the mailboxes today, and I was surprised to have received a prompt response from the city’s license commission:
…in response to your letter the Worcester License Commission would have no authority over the issuing of a brewery license. It is issued through Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
No surprises there, but it [...]
Blackstone Aleworks: a reality?
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Yesterday, on Wednesday, June 18, I mailed a letter to the License Commission of the City of Worcester, as well as its Zoning Board, with additional copies sent to my district’s City Councilor, Paul Clancy, as well as all of the Councilors at-large. The contents therein summarized my intentions to found a “pilot” brewery [...]