New Glarus Founder Deb Carey To Sit With Michelle Obama @ State of The Union Speech Tonight
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Congratulations to Deb Carey, founder of New Glarus Brewing for being invited to sit with First Lady Michelle Obama as the president gives his State of the Union speech tonight. If you recall, Deb was invited to meet with the president back in November. This is also great timing as New Glarus announces their upcoming $9 Million expansion. Details from the LaCrosse Tribune:
There are good reasons the White House selected Deb Carey to sit with first lady Michelle Obama during the State of the Union Tuesday night.
Carey, the New Glarus Brewing Co. co-founder, was first runner-up for the 2011 National Small Business Person of the Year and met with the president on small-business issues late last year. She’s also putting the wraps on a $7 million expansion at her Green County brewery, but the construction crews aren’t going away.
Carey told the State Journal on Monday that a $9 million expansion project will begin in April that will allow the brewery to double its production to 250,000 barrels. The 9,000-square-foot, yearlong project will primarily add more fermentation tanks and bring the brewery, which makes Spotted Cow and dozens of other craft brews, to over 100,000 square feet. The expansion will increase the number of employees from 75 to over 100 and further cement Carey and her brewmaster husband, Dan Carey, as one of the most innovative business couples in the state.
The White House isn’t saying if Carey will be mentioned in the president’s speech but does say the guests in the first lady’s box "include Americans from middle-class families whose day-to-day lives would benefit from the policy proposals the president will unveil," according to a statement.
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