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Eran Fowler Pehan, director of the Poverello Center, said she and the owners had a constructive meeting this week, and One Nation has been transparent about its plans. However, Pehan has not had the opportunity to discuss the matter with the Poverello board, so the nonprofit does not have an official position on its potential new neighbor.

“I know that Robert and Fernanda are very sensitive to potential impacts, and it’ll just take some time for us to learn more about it,” Pehan said.

Rivers agreed the talk with the Pov went well, and he said other conversations have taken place and are in the works, including an upcoming meeting with the director of the North Missoula Community Development Corp. Rivers said he and Krum also are eager to talk with Westside neighbors.

He and his wife have worked in conflict zones the last 13 years. She was a trauma psychologist and he was a community peace building specialist, he said. They are ready for a change of pace, and he said they wanted to build on the organic sense of community breweries inherently create and use it to bring about positive change.