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My name is Laura Toth. I am a painter and I do digital art and graphic design. I am also a brand ambassador for a local microbrewery, which means I do tastings at local liquor stores and tell people about our beer and the location of our tap room. I found that many people did not know where our tap room was which got me thinking, I don't know where the tap rooms are of many of the other breweries around town. My spouse and I bike and/or take public transportation to tap rooms but have not found an easy way to navigate there without having to look each one up every time we head out.
Seeing that there was a need, I've created a map of all the tap rooms in the Twin Cities area and made it fun to use. As I started this project several months ago, a few more breweries opened up. I realized too that micro-distilleries were also getting started around town.
I've created a website beerMicroMaps.com which you can get on your mobile device but I still think that an actual hard copy of a map would be very nice to have. This map will be free to the public. I solicited, for a very fair price, sponsorship from all of the breweries and distilleries listed on the map. So far, only 3 of the 31 potential sponsors are on board. Many of the breweries/distilleries are new and are still in the red, so it's understandable that they don't want to pay money for something they don't know much about. I've also solicited local businesses to advertise on the back of the map. I am still waiting to hear back from some of these businesses. This is why I need your help. Getting 10,000 of these maps printed costs money! Even though I've put in hundreds of hours researching, designing, and creating this map, I don't plan on making any money on the first run - that's how strongly I belive that our community needs this map! I'm sure that once the first 10,000 maps are out on the streets, businesses will see the benefits of advertising, and I can pay myself a little for the time I've invested then.
I plan on keeping the map up to date with additional printings as the need arises and I'm also exploring the option of developing a mobile app. This first printing run is just the beginning - I plan on expanding to other states and cities soon. beerMicroMaps can be really big, but only if you help me out here in the beginning. Thanks so much!
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