VALPARAISO â Plans for Journeyman Distilleryâs location here are still being drafted, but the Plan Commission got a sneak peek at concepts this week and fast-tracked rezoning for the project so it can be forwarded to the City Council.
The distillery is being developed at the site of the former ANCO windshield wiper plant on Campbell Street, where Brown Street ends. The property is currently zoned for heavy industry but would be rezoned as a planned unit development.
âThis is a repurposing of a shuttered factory that has been shuttered for 30-35 years or more,â said attorney Todd Leeth, representing ANCO Revitalization LLC. Bill Welter is the principal behind Journeyman Distillery in Three Oaks, Michigan, and the one in Valparaiso.