Color photograph of McKean and Eric Banzer-Lausberg, both smiling, with a beer keg on the pavement in front of the future Migration Brewing Company several months before its opening. A handcart stands ready for moving the keg into the building. Picnic tables are already in place on the outdoor patio area and on the building is a sign with the original Migration logo, a capital M with wings extended on either side. According to an article in 'Oregon Brew Tour' by Bob & Debra Ledford (c2011), the partners, which also included Colin Rath and Mike Branes, had been planning a brewpub since 2008. When Colin Rath spotted an empty building with a good set-up in 2009, the partners got right to work to turn their plans into reality.