Here's a premise worth toasting with a frosty mug, even if you think it's a stretch:
How will Detroit bounce back? . . . Every little push in the right direction helps at this point, and one nugget of hope is the city’s fledgling craft brewery scene. . . .
Breweries have been and are continuing to be anchors of life, drawing college students and millennials back to Detroit proper.
"Breweries . . . are continuing to be anchors of life, drawing college students and millennials back to Detroit," a Cleveland writer suggests.
Yes, Cleveland journalist Joe Baur frames "craft breweries as gatekeepers" of urban revitalization.
Generally speaking, they have been ahead of the curve when it comes to refilling America’s decimated urban cores.
Not coincidentally, Baur writes at Craft Beer, a website of the Colorado-based Brewers Association, representing more than 1,900 small-batch beer companies.
The post, with mini-profiles of Detroit Beer Co. and Motor City Brew Tours and mentions of two other local businesses, acknowledges that "one successful brewery or trendy neighborhood is not enough as long the surrounding blight remains."
So just one toast to craft ales, but none for millennials and collegians.
