Clarke County Working to Keep Terrapin Beer in Athens
Tuesday, June 30th, 2015
A $350,000 line item in Athens-Clarke County's budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 is aimed at keeping the Terrapin Beer Company in Athens, according to documents released by the county under an open-records request from the Athens Banner-Herald.
According to those documents, Athens-Clarke County apparently is in competition with South Carolina over Terrapin. In an Oct. 30, 2014 email to state Sen. Frank Ginn, R-Danielsville, seeking state economic development assistance, Terrapin co-founder and president John Cochran writes that in the course of discussions with the landlord for its 265 Newton Bridge Road facility in Athens, "we felt it was in our best interest to perform due diligence and look at other opportunities.
