Decision delayed on Revelation Brewing move
A decision on the site plan for Revelation Craft Brewing Co.’s planned new location at the corner of Rehoboth Avenue Extended and Church Street was delayed Feb. 18, due to questions about parking.
The Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission was told by the applicant’s representative that the Delaware Department of Transportation disclosed earlier in the day that it was eliminating five parking spaces.
The existing spaces along Rehoboth Avenue Extended are in the state’s right of way, said Roger Gross, an engineer with Merestone Consultants.
That leaves 14 spaces, two fewer than the required number, Gross said. A waiver may be possible, since many customers would be bicyclists and others = would walk to the brewery, he said.
A building is being renovated for the brewery, and a small structure was to be removed to create more room for parking in the rear of the property.
The building that will remain was an office building for The Waypoint Rehoboth motel, located on an adjacent property. The motel recently underwent an extensive renovation.
Revelation closed its brewery location of a decade on Central Avenue in West Rehoboth after New Year’s Eve. Owner Patrick Staggs said the brewery outgrew that site and he wanted to move it closer to the beach.
Kevin Conlon came to the Cape Gazette with nearly 40 years of newspaper experience since graduating from St. Bonaventure University in New York with a bachelor's degree in mass communication. He reports on Sussex County government and other assignments as needed.
His career spans working as a reporter and editor at daily newspapers in upstate New York, including The Daily Gazette in Schenectady. He comes to the Cape Gazette from the Cortland Standard, where he was an editor for more than 25 years, and in recent years also contributed as a columnist and opinion page writer. He and his staff won regional and state writing awards.
Conlon was relocating to Lewes when he came across an advertisement for a reporter job at the Cape Gazette, and the decision to pursue it paid off. His new position gives him an opportunity to stay in a career that he loves, covering local news for an independently owned newspaper.
Conlon is the father of seven children and grandfather to two young boys. In his spare time, he trains for and competes in triathlons and other races. Now settling into the Cape Region, he is searching out hilly trails and roads with wide shoulders. He is a fan of St. Bonaventure sports, especially rugby and basketball, as well as following the Mets, Steelers and Celtics.
