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"A prominent Southern craft-brewery based in Athens, Georgia, is expanding to the West Coast with a large new facility planned for a mixed-use development in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles, slated to open in summer 2021. The project will partner with Hollywood writer-director Joe Russo, and at least one partner is relocating to Los Angeles to help facilitate the launch. Owners cited Los Angeles’s sizable craft-beer community, the success of many independent small breweries, and California’s brewery-friendly laws as reasons for choosing the city; no definitive timetable beyond the planned summer 2021 opening has been released, and more details on the facility's size and scope are expected." - Farley Elliott