Page 15 - Chehalem Business Connection December 2013

December 2013 Chehalem Business Connection Page 15

Construction in the future for Argyle Winery

Dundee winery hasn’t started work on its new
“It was the right thing to
Ado, to locate in the city
location in the old Suntron building, expects to
limits rather than carve out
begin this month after finishing harvest
some area out in the

countryside,” Soles said.

rgyle Winery’s Newberg had been vacant In the commission’s
move to the former for more than three years report, Associate Planner

Suntron Corp. when Rollin Soles, Argyle
Steve Olson said there
would be minimal impact building is still a ways off. founding winemaker,

associated with the Cathy Martin, director of appeared before the
building’s repurposing.
marketing at Argyle, said no Newberg Planning
Olson said any noise progress has been made on Commission in July in

generated would be less than the move, announced in late support of the winery’s
Suntron created, as would July.
conditional-use permit

the traffic flow to and from application. The permit, “The deal was done and
the business.
which was approved July then we went right into

11, allows the building harvest,” Martin said.
use application before,” perfect use of the land.” Barton Brierley, Newberg The former Suntron building has stood empty for many years awaiting a new tenant.
planning commissioner Although Soles stepped
planning and building She said they are
formerly used to
manufacture electronic Phillip Smith said in July. director, said Argyle is just probably two months out — back from Argyle as

components, to function as a “This is an M-1 (zoned for getting their construction when harvest finishes — winemaker this year to focus
production facility for the limited industrial) area plans together now. Once from focusing on the on his new winery, ROCO

winery.
surrounded by residential those plans are submitted project.
in July, he said Argyle has
uses, and here we have a and approved, construction had a wonderful relationship The Suntron building at “I don’t think we’ve ever

very light M-1 use. It’s a
can begin.
with the city.
800 N. Brutscher St. in
had such an easy conditional
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