Gov. McAuliffe wants brewery to build new site in Virginia

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Gov. Terry McAuliffe has confirmed he is incentivizing Deschutes Brewery of Bend, Oregon to pick Virginia as its new East Coast site.

Multiple media outlets report that Deschutes is looking at different places on the East Coast to house its first area location. The Daily Progress of Charlottesville reports that McAuliffe visited the brewery in mid-September to help entice the brewery to break ground in the commonwealth.

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McAuliffe says he is under a non-disclosure agreement and could not say much about Deschutes and its interest in Virginia, but that they are deciding between Virginia and another state.

Deschutes CEO Michael LaLonde says nothing has been ruled out and that they will make a decision by the end of the year.

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