The number of craft breweries in the United States grew from 37 in 1985 to over 8,000 in 2019, establishing craft breweries as a ubiquitous feature of the American landscape. At a time when consumers are increasingly shifting their spending from material goods to experiences, the craft brewery...

Cities have recognized the local impact of small craft breweries, altering municipal codes to make it easier to establish breweries as anchor points of economic development and revitalization. However, we do not know the extent to which these strategies impact change at the neighborhood scale...