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== Founders == [[File:Cam Wells .png|250x250px]] '''Cam Wells''' Co-Founder & CEO Cam Wells will manage all aspects of the facilities' daily operations. Cam has extensive experience in brewing, process engineering and facilities management. He has been employed as the Plant Electrician at Eugene's largest craft brewery almost 6 years. After serving in the U.S. Navy for four years as a flight control and landing gear mechanic, Cam went to work at a heavy equipment manufacturer in Eugene, Oregon. During his 17 years employed there, he obtained skills in many different trades. * Assembly * Fitting and fabrication * Certified welder * Building Construction * Machine tool operations * Facilities and maintenance management * Oregon Plant Journeyman electrical license After leaving that employment, to help take care of his father-in-law, he was offered a job at one of the nations top 50 craft breweries located in Eugene Oregon. During his time at the brewery, he has obtained a solid skill set in the following: * Stainless steel sanitary welding processes * Production process engineering * All aspects of the brewing processes from recipe development to cellar operations to serving pints in the tasting room Β It has always been Cam's dream to work for himself and utilize the skills he has obtained over the years. It was when he started working at the brewery that he found his calling to help start and run his own brewery. With the combined skills of his partners and himself, Cam feels that given a realistic opportunity Arable can be very successful. [[File:Chris Archer.png|250x250px]] '''Chris Archer''' Co-Founder & Founding Brewmaster Founding Brewmaster Chris Archer will manage the brewing process. Chris is the lead brewer at Eugene's largest craft brewery. For over 10 years, he has excelled in all aspects of the brewing process from cellar operations to recipe development, tracking and optimization. After serving in the Navy for 8 years, he got out and decided to take a job at a Eugene brewery working in the cellar department. It was there that he learned all about the heart of a functioning brewery. Chris has been able to learn many skills and he continues to master them. * Transferring Beer * Yeast Management * Filtering and Centrifuging Beer * Filling Packaged Beer from Tanks * CIP of fermentation tanks, bright tanks, and brew systems (Cleaning and sanitation processes) After working hard for 4 years in the cellar Chris worked his way up and was promoted to Brewer 1. In this new position he learned all about the brewing process. Over the last few years Chris has operated a 50 bbl brew house as well as a 90 bbl fully automated brew house. He has been in charge of the following tasks. * Producing wort for fermentation * CIP Brew house vessels * Recipe Development * Brewing to cellar hand off After 4 years as a Brewer 1 Chris was promoted to Lead Brewer at the brewery. During this time, he also completed his Associates Degree in Business Management, with a focus in small business and entrepreneurship. In his role as lead brewer, Chris has taken on many new roles. * Lead Recipe Developer * Brew house Efficiency Tracker * Proleit Program Developer * Brew house Subject Matter Expert * Hop Selection Team * Malt Quality Team * Brew house Supply Ordering * World class sensory knowledge After 10 years in the industry, involved in every aspect of production, Chris is excited to share his love and passion for beer with the world. Along with his stellar team, Chris looks forward to bringing Arable Brewing to life. [[File:Amy Wells.png|250x250px]] '''Amy Wells''' Co-Founder & CFO Amy Wells will manage marketing, sales and bookkeeping. In the early 1990s Amy left her job at a Eugene area bank and went to work for her family's small food cart, Tres Hermanas. During those early years, they were the only food cart in Eugene. Tres gained a huge fan base and the family decided it was time to open a full service restaurant. They chose a location in downtown Eugene area and their fan base followed them indoors. For almost 10 years they enjoyed serving the local community their fresh and delicious food. While working for the family business, Amy was responsible for the following tasks. * Menu development * Front house management * Bookkeeping * All aspects of daily operation of running a restaurant For the past 20 years, since the close of the family restaurant Amy has been working at a nonprofit organization in Eugene, as the Grants Administrative Associate. While in this role, Amy has learned and perfected a large range of professional skills that she will bring to the team. * File management/record keeping * Interpersonal skills * Teamwork * Accounts Payable * Customer relations * Microsoft Office * Outlook * Event planning * Budget management * Excel/Data entry Amy has dreamed of owning and operating her own business ever since her family's business closed. With the combination of their team, the skills, and the passion to succeed, Arable's success is inevitable. === Company history === Cam, Chris and Amy's dream of starting a brewery together was born about 6 years ago. We bought a 1 barrel "nano" brewing system to develop recipes and of course, enjoy the delicious beers we would be making. From Cam and Amy's garage, we have produced over 100 different beer recipes over the last 6 years. In October, 2019, we applied for a rural area's "fermentation development incentive program". We were awarded the incentives through grants funded by the "urban development program" for this area. We had begun the process of improvements on the building we would occupy. We were given the green light for a SBA guaranteed loan from a local financial investment bank. The ball was rolling... Then COVID-19 hit. We almost immediately felt the affects of the pandemic. The financial investment bank pulled the green light. Who could blame them? Why would they feel comfortable investing in a "hospitality" start up when the hospitality industry had basically been shut down? As a team, Arable decided to pause on planning in hopes the pandemic would ease. During this time, we continued to brew beers on the "nano" system and even hosted a couple of very successful sample tasting "pop-ups". During this time, we were contacted by Jerry Valencia, owner of Bridgeway Contracting. He shared with us his plans to develop retail space in the downtown Lowell area. We had a meeting where he shared his vision and plans for urban development in the Dexter/Lowell area. We were impressed with Jerry's vision to further develop Lowell. After hearing his plans we realized it all aligned with what Arable was hoping to create. There has already been extensive work on the infrastructure of Lowell. For example: * Improved water and sewer system * Improved K-12 school infrastructure * Multiple housing developments are currently being built Arable's tasting room will be occupying the first retail space that is expected to be completed in the Spring of 2022. The enthusiasm and excitement we have received from the local government and residents is a perfect indication that Arable's model is a good fit for the community. We look forward to being the cornerstone of the area's urban growth process.
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