MONROE - Minhas Craft Brewery's newest warehouse is being outfitted with its electricity and heating, "as we speak," President Gary Olson said Tuesday afternoon. The 20,000-square-foot storage facility is "Phase II" of the Minhas expansion.
The project has been developing on time despite rain and flooding, which required pumping last month. Crews also had to remove an old building foundation and railroad ties buried under the site.
The building still needs its lights hung, landscaping completed, storm water run-off dealt with and city inspection approval, but Olson expects the building to be ready to use in a couple weeks.
The brewery is anxiously awaiting its outdoor barley storage tanks. The rest of the equipment to auger the grain into the tanks, and then into the brewery, is in storage.
Once hoping to see the tanks by the end of June, Olson said the Storm Lake, La., company making them still is backlogged.
"Very few companies make them," he said. "And it's not like they can fill orders simultaneously."
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North Pass on 18th Avenue and Wisconsin 11/81 is coming close to being turned over to tenants for their finishing. The exterior will be finished with brick and windows and the building enclosed soon.
Terry Martin, partner of Artisan>design:build, said canopies are ordered, the final grading of the site will be done and the parking lot will be paved by the end of July.
"The project has been running according to our schedule," Martin said.
The rain hasn't held up the project as much as it has caused him to "adopt a different schedule."
"We've had to work around the mud," he said.
The floors will be poured according to the plumbing requirement of each tenant.
Who are the tenants? Martin's not talking - with the insinuation of a death if he did.
"The only one made public so far is Cousin's Subs," he said.
He did say, however, that the north side of the building is designed for a drive-thru, which could be used for a bank, a pharmacy or a restaurant.
"There is a financial institution interested, though," he said about possible tenants.
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Artisan also is working on the YMCA's about-face. The building is being reorganized and renovated for safety and security reasons, Martin said.
The front of the building will become the back.
A scan reader system is being installed and a youth activity area added. In August, the pool will be drained for repainting and tile refinishing, Martin said.
Hopefully, next time we will jump the highway and see what's building north of the city, as well as check the progress of the 16th Avenue reconstruction project.
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For the 55-and-older crowd, the Behring Senior Center has new fitness equipment in the Wellness Center. Wellness Specialist Angie Dombkowski demonstrated the new SCIFIT REX, Recumbent Elliptical Xtrainer.
"There's not another one like it in the area," Dombkowski said.
With a bicycling motion and good back support, the REX puts more focus on core strengthening. Legs move in a natural orbital motion and arms work in a flowing arc. REX provides exercise and resistance in both directions.
Exercisers accustomed to the SCIFIT PRO 2 will find the same electronics on the REX. PRO 2 is usable for upper body conditioning or as a recumbent bike, and with its removable seat, still useful for those confined to a wheelchair.
The Wellness Center also has a new lower back extension machine, which is a safer, updated model, with adjustable legs and range of motion.
In all, the center has 23 pieces of cardio, strengthening and stretching equipment, as well as free weights and a stretching area. Many machines have a personal television attached, to make the time less tedious.
The center is staffed and open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thought Fridays. Spandex is optional, said a volunteer.
All this is available for only $12 a month, or $15 for out-of-towners, for those who are, or have spouses who are, over 55.
The project has been developing on time despite rain and flooding, which required pumping last month. Crews also had to remove an old building foundation and railroad ties buried under the site.
The building still needs its lights hung, landscaping completed, storm water run-off dealt with and city inspection approval, but Olson expects the building to be ready to use in a couple weeks.
The brewery is anxiously awaiting its outdoor barley storage tanks. The rest of the equipment to auger the grain into the tanks, and then into the brewery, is in storage.
Once hoping to see the tanks by the end of June, Olson said the Storm Lake, La., company making them still is backlogged.
"Very few companies make them," he said. "And it's not like they can fill orders simultaneously."
n n n
North Pass on 18th Avenue and Wisconsin 11/81 is coming close to being turned over to tenants for their finishing. The exterior will be finished with brick and windows and the building enclosed soon.
Terry Martin, partner of Artisan>design:build, said canopies are ordered, the final grading of the site will be done and the parking lot will be paved by the end of July.
"The project has been running according to our schedule," Martin said.
The rain hasn't held up the project as much as it has caused him to "adopt a different schedule."
"We've had to work around the mud," he said.
The floors will be poured according to the plumbing requirement of each tenant.
Who are the tenants? Martin's not talking - with the insinuation of a death if he did.
"The only one made public so far is Cousin's Subs," he said.
He did say, however, that the north side of the building is designed for a drive-thru, which could be used for a bank, a pharmacy or a restaurant.
"There is a financial institution interested, though," he said about possible tenants.
n n n
Artisan also is working on the YMCA's about-face. The building is being reorganized and renovated for safety and security reasons, Martin said.
The front of the building will become the back.
A scan reader system is being installed and a youth activity area added. In August, the pool will be drained for repainting and tile refinishing, Martin said.
Hopefully, next time we will jump the highway and see what's building north of the city, as well as check the progress of the 16th Avenue reconstruction project.
n n n
For the 55-and-older crowd, the Behring Senior Center has new fitness equipment in the Wellness Center. Wellness Specialist Angie Dombkowski demonstrated the new SCIFIT REX, Recumbent Elliptical Xtrainer.
"There's not another one like it in the area," Dombkowski said.
With a bicycling motion and good back support, the REX puts more focus on core strengthening. Legs move in a natural orbital motion and arms work in a flowing arc. REX provides exercise and resistance in both directions.
Exercisers accustomed to the SCIFIT PRO 2 will find the same electronics on the REX. PRO 2 is usable for upper body conditioning or as a recumbent bike, and with its removable seat, still useful for those confined to a wheelchair.
The Wellness Center also has a new lower back extension machine, which is a safer, updated model, with adjustable legs and range of motion.
In all, the center has 23 pieces of cardio, strengthening and stretching equipment, as well as free weights and a stretching area. Many machines have a personal television attached, to make the time less tedious.
The center is staffed and open 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thought Fridays. Spandex is optional, said a volunteer.
All this is available for only $12 a month, or $15 for out-of-towners, for those who are, or have spouses who are, over 55.