Worcester Business Journal

26 Worcester Business Journal • Book of Lists 2016 www.wbjournal.com Top SBA loan recipients Ranked by amount of loan(s), fiscal year 2015 1 Loan recipient Amount of loan(s) Business description 1 Longfellow Sports LLC 524 Boston Post Road, Wayland 01778 508-358-7355 • www.longfellowclubs.com $5,000,000 Health, fitness and child care clubs 2 Pookie's Kids Inc. 296 N. Main St., Natick 01760 $4,171,000 Child day care services 3 IBS Commodities Inc. 722 Plantation St., Worcester 01605 508-856-9600 • www.ibscommodities.com $3,000,000 2 Importing and exporting agricultural products 4 Bahaa R. Antony and Emad R. Antony 3 2 Austin Way, Natick 01760 4 $2,226,000 Gasoline stations with convenience stores 5 Apps Associates LLC 40 Nagog Park, Suite 105, Acton 01720 978-399-0230 • www.appsassociates.com $2,000,000 Business and IT consulting services 6 Tuckamore Aviation Corp. 7 Dewey St., Hudson 01749 888-435-4560 • www.tuckamoreaviation.com 5 $1,750,000 Air transportation 7 Veterinary Dental Services LLC 530 Massachusetts Ave., Boxborough 01719 978-929-9200 • www.veterinarydental.com $1,457,900 Veterinary dental and oral surgery services 8 Townsend Fit LLC 18 Main St., Townsend 01469 6 $1,340,000 Fitness center 9 Kane Industries Inc. 3 Tattan Farm Road, Worcester 01605 508-361-7549 $1,250,000 7 Specialty trade contractor 10 Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams 625 Worcester St., Natick 01760 508-650-1400 • www.mgbwhome.com $1,200,000 Furniture stores 11 Liquid Analytical Resource LLC 2 Shaker Road, Suite D212, Shirley 01464 978-425-0300 • www.larllc.com $1,190,000 8 Industrial liquid processing products and services 12 Howe Investment Properties LLC 78 Sutton Ave., Oxford 01571 508-989-2226 $1,130,000 Real estate 13 Accu-Grind of New England Inc. 12 Industrial Park West, Oxford 01540 508-987-6800 • www.accugrindofne.com 9 $1,125,000 Saw blade and handtool manufacturing 14 Jack's Abby Brewing LLC 100 Clinton St., Framingham 01702 508-872-0900 • www.jacksabby.com $1,000,000 Brewery and full-service restaurant 14 South Shore Elder Care Inc. 11 Raleigh Road, Holliston 01746 508-429-1908 $1,000,000 10 Home healthcare services 16 Canterbury Street Liquors 108 Canterbury St., Worcester 01603 508-752-9955 • www.randellpackage.com 11 $960,000 Beer, wine and liquor 17 J&J Machine Acquisition Inc. 66 Brigham St., Marlborough 01752 508-481-8166 • www.jjmachine.com 12 $901,000 13 Machine tool manufacturing 18 Berlin Animal Hospital 240 Central St., Berlin 01503 508-485-1664 • www.berlinah.com $900,000 Veterinary services 19 Nexus Dental PC 14 Main St., Maynard 01754 978-897-6399 • www.nexusfamilydental.com $705,000 Dental office 20 Northeast Sanitation Inc. 3 Railroad Drive, Northborough 01532 978-579-0015 • www.nscrestrooms.com $680,000 Portable sanitation rental equipment 21 Expert Laser Services Inc. 62 Pleasant St., P.O. Box 744, Southbridge 1550 800-622-3535 • www.expertlaserservices.com $662,400 Laser printer, copier and fax machine service 22 Gjinko Realty LLC 487 Park Ave., Worcester 01610 $620,000 14 Lessor of nonresidential buildings (except miniwarehouses) 23 BE Acquisition Corp. 31 Hayward St., Suite 2A/#205, Franklin 02038 508-528-2122 • www.tenkeyinc.com 15 $610,000 16 Remediation services 24 Jenczyk and Calzini CPAs LLC 439 Lancaster St., Leominster 01453 978-534-1166 • www.jccpallc.com $584,000 17 Office of certified public accountants Sources: U.S. Small Business Administration, news reports and Mass. Secretary of the Commonwealth website. Note: The SBA's 2015 fiscal year ran from Oct. 1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2015. 1 Loans listed are SBA 7(a) loans. Lending eligibility criteria are broader than those from other types of loans, such as those associated with the 504 Loan Program. 2 Represents sum of two loans, each $1,500,000 3 Dba Kyromina LLC 4 U.S. SBA database has city listed as Ashland. 5 Aircraft base is in Norwood. 6 Fitness center not yet opened. 7 Represents sum of two loans, $1,000,000 and $250,000 8 Represents sum of two loans, $790,000 and $400,000 9 Website under construction. 10 Represents sum of two loans, $900,000 and $100,000 Jack's Abby adjusts to craft beer demand Breweries are the epitome of startup businesses, growing out of the passion of a brewer focused on the product's quality. However, the enormous potential within the craft beer industry can mean year- over-year increases in the triple digits once things take off. With such accelerated growth, founders of the company can be left reeling to keep up with their shifting responsibilities. This year, Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham was moved to a new location with a beer hall serving food. Production growth is up, expanding to 19,000 barrels of beer in 2015 and on track for 30,000 in 2016. Sam Hendler is one of three brothers who founded the brewery in 2011 and has always handled sales for the company. Initially dividing up the business responsibil- ities into sales, brewing and finances played to each brother's strengths. As the company grew from 30 employees to 85 in March, all three brothers had to grow quickly. "You have to delegate and giving up that control can be really hard, but in the end if you don't, you're never going to get anything done," Hendler said. "With small business- es, you are a generalist and do everything. You will just throw your own time at it and even if you don't do a good job at it, you will get it done because you are relentless." Emblematic of giving up that control was hiring a manager for the beer hall. With none of the brothers having experience run- ning a restaurant, bringing some- one in who could handle this new aspect allowed the brothers to continue their individual focuses, Hendler said. Chief among the concern for Jack's Abby has been maintaining company culture. With a sales team spread throughout Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania, Jack's Abby has made a concerted effort to build connections between everyone. "Building a sales team culture with people across the Northeast is a whole different can of worms than dealing with people that are in the brewery three times a week," Hendler said. - Sam Bonacci Sources: U.S. Small Business Administration, news reports and Mass. Secretary of the Commonwealth website. Note: The SBA's 2015 fiscal year ran from Oct. 1, 2014 to Sept. 30, 2015. 1 Loans listed are SBA 7(a) loans. Lending eligibility criteria are broader than those from other types of loans, such as those associated with the 504 Loan Program. 2 Represents sum of two loans, each $1,500,000 3 Dba Kyromina LLC 4 U.S. SBA database has city listed as Ashland. 5 Aircraft base is in Norwood. 6 Fitness center not yet opened. 7 Represents sum of two loans, $1,000,000 and $250,000 8 Represents sum of two loans, $790,000 and $400,000 9 Website under construction. 10 Represents sum of two loans, $900,000 and $100,000 11 Contact information is for Randell Package Store. 12 Contact information for J&J Machine Co. Inc. 13 Represents sum of two loans, $761,000 and $140,000 14 Represents sum of two loans, each $310,000. 15 Contact information for Ten Key Inc. 16 Represents sum of two loans, $510,000 and $100,000. 17 Represents sum of two loans, $464,000 and $120,000. - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Top SBA loan recipients

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