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Virginia Governor Woos Brewery

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

Multiple news outlets report that Deschutes is looking at different places for its first East Coast location. McAuliffe recently confirmed that he visited the brewery in mid-September to help entice the brewery to break ground in the commonwealth.

McAuliffe says he's 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'll make a decision by the end of the year. Other states the brewery has looked at include North Carolina and South Carolina.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.