Billings City Council approves tax-increment financing for brewery in EBURD [Video]

A new brewery is headed to Billings and will be located in the heart of the East Billings Urban Renewal District (EBURD) on the corner of Secnd Avenue North and North 13th Street.

The Billings City Council approved the Billings Industrial Revitalization District (BIRD) recommendation of $40,837.16 for the $300,664 project.

That money would pay for several items. including building sidewalks, curbs and gutters.

The owners of the brewery, called 1889 Brewing Company, say that they like the nostalgia and the tradition and want to bring back an area that was once vibrant in Billings.

“We’re born and raised here (in Billings),” Matt Miller said about himself and his wife Lindsey.  “We decided to come up with 1889, the year that Montana became a state.”

The Millers are building the 1889 Brewing Company in an old auto dent repair shop.

“Bring an old building back to life,” Matt Miller said. …