Port 1 rejects bids for brewery building

The effort to construct a building to house a proposed brewery at Cathlamet’s Elochoman Marina has stalled for a few weeks.

Wahkiakum Port District No. 1 commissioners met May 24 to open bids for construction of the building. Three were submitted; all were rejected due to the prices, which ranged from $77,564 to $138,415.

Drop Anchor Brewery partners had solicited an estimate from a local contractor which they included with their proposal to the port commissioners. Since then, the size of the proposed building has increased, and the commissioners noted at a meeting earlier in the month that they would not have an idea of the cost of constructing the building until they received the bids.

Drop Anchor Brewery intends to lease the building from the port district.

The commissioners will revisit the issue at their next meeting on June 13.

They also held an executive session regarding property acquisition, but took no action after reconvening.

The port has been working on a purchase agreement regarding a rental property located adjacent to port district land along Third Street, bordering the proposed brewery site.