Jefferson Parish Inspector General Kim Chatelain is continuing to question the financial viability of a planned brew pub project in downtown Gretna in a new public letter released Wednesday.
In the letter, Chatelain raises concerns that the project could jeopardize the nonprofit status of Jefferson Facilities, Inc., the economic development entity that is building a multi-million-dollar building on Huey P. Long Ave. to house it.
“Under the terms of the agreements, the Parish gives JFI $10.3 million to construct ‘commercial space,’ a brewery and taco restaurant, which the Parish will own, but JFI will control and receive revenue,” Chatelain writes…