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Thurston Talk
By Rebecca Sanchez
July, 2024
Eat, Drink and Be Merry at the Tumwater Craft District Market Building
In a city with a rich brewing tradition, people are showing excitement for the new Tumwater Craft District. Craft brews and ciders, food trucks, live music and art in the new market building all have people coming back for repeat outings. It’s a destination for family dinners, drinks with friends, pop-up vendor markets, seasonal events and soon outdoor concerts.
Long, tall and resembling a lofty barn style, the market building focus is on crafts such as foods, brews, art and music made by people from this region. Inside, the Finnriver Farm & Cidery taproom brings cider crafted on an Olympic Peninsula, Chimicum farm. Mount Olympus Brewing taproom features brews from its Aberdeen brewery, and the new SPSCC brewing program tasting room Percival Creek is also at the market.
“The idea is to showcase the best of what’s being created in the Pacific Northwest,” Peters says and adds that the Craft District acts as a launchpad for that type of creation.
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CLIENT TESTIMONIAL
“We want Tumwater to be known as a center of excellence for brewing, making cider and distilling in this area, whether that’s Thurston County, Puget Sound or on a much larger scale. That will create energy that brings investment back to the old brewery property and agriculture back to Thurston County.”
John Doan
Tumwater City Manager
STAFF STORY
“Effective working relationships among the key players have been fundamental to the project’s success. I’ve gotten to work with a team of extremely talented individuals, from city staff, to the developers to the architects. The result is going to be a cool new space with a distillery and brewery, other shops and potentially an outdoor amphitheater for entertainment. I think this will really spark more redevelopment in the surrounding area.”
Tyrell Bradley, PE
Project Manager
