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Business owners who will soon open two establishments selling alcohol on 20th Street say with responsible management, more alcohol in the area won’t mean a return to the days of the infamous Barry Hotel.

9 Mile Legacy Brewing will soon relocate its brewery to 20th Street, and co-owner Shawn Moen said the role alcohol will play in the future of the community will be much different than its role in the past.

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“We own this building, so we intend to run this business for upwards of 30 years,” he said of the new location. “It’s not the sort of thing where we’re just rushing in on a lease and trying to make as much money as we can and to hell with the community.”

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As a former Crown prosecutor, Moen experienced the negative impact the Barry Hotel first-hand, adding 9 Mile has no interest in establishing a place where people come to drink and drink alone.

“That’s not the sort of business I want to run and that’s not the sort of contribution I want to make to my community,” he said.