(La Porte, IN) - Street improvements will occur where a brew pub is planned in downtown La Porte. 

 

 

The La Porte Board of Public Works and Safety on Tuesday approved a slightly less than $250,000 contract for the work to be done on Perry St.

Bert Cook, Executive Director of the La Porte Economic Advancement Partnership, said the work outside the establishment will involve new sidewalks and better storm water drainage to eliminate issues with standing water and basement flooding.  City Engineer Nick Minich said the goal is to have the work at least substantially completed by the time Blockhead Beerworks opens on the main level of the Carpenters Union Local No. 1485 building at 1100 Lincolnway.

 

Cook said the original summer opening of the establishment has been pushed back to February due to issues that kept the remodeling and other work from happening as quickly as anticipated.  “The project has taken a little longer than we had hoped, which is not uncommon,” he said.  Cook said construction is well underway on what will be the second location for Block Head Beer Works, which has an operation already in downtown Valparaiso.