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44franchises%u2019 model of micro pub breweries. He intended to license the term %u201cbrewpub%u201d on a sliding scale to individuals who wanted to replicate his business plan.124 Brendan Moylan recalls that Owens wanted to protect the trademark so large companies would not take advantage of small brewers, and that Owens never harassed anyone who used the term.125 The craft beer industry was known for its collegiality as established by Maytag, McAuliffe, Grossman, et al. The idea of a craft brewer quashing competition rankled a few people in the small community. Owens admits that it was a %u201charebrained story%u201d so he dropped it.126 But he did not give up on the idea of franchising brewpubs.With Geoff Harries in place at Buffalo Bill%u2019s Brewery, Owens focused on opening Brewpub on the Green in Fremont, south of Hayward. Owens used the same limited partnership structure and business plan to find investors. Initially called Central Park Caf%u00e9 and Brewery before opening in 1988, Brewpub on the Green was a large brewpub next to a golf course with a full kitchen and ten-barrel brewhouse, double the capacity of Buffalo Bill%u2019s Brewery. Harries brewed beer at Buffalo Bill%u2019s on Mondays and at Brewpub on the Green on Tuesdays.127 Though he used the same recipes as at Buffalo Bill%u2019s, he had to recalibrate them because of the larger system.128 The general manager was a friend of Owens%u2019 CPA, and he let Brewpub on the Green fall into disarray and was not paying bills, continually pulling Owens%u2019 time and attention to the second brewpub. After firing the manager, Harries became the resident general manager and brewer in Fremont, and Brewpub on the Green was successful. In 1991, the landlord gave Owens a $170,000 bill for parking lot fees and other unpaid fees (due to the previous manager), causing Bill to wash his hands of the brewpub. He sold it for almost no profit, just enough to pay off the debts on it.129 It continued to run for fewer than two years before being torn down and turned into residential housing.