Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | August 7, 2017 | Worcester Business Journal 7 Brewery and taproom coming to Marlborough A brewery and taproom will open in downtown Marlborough later this year with the help of financing from the city's economic development agency. The brewery, Walden Woods Brewing, will be owned by Chris Brown and Alida Orzechowski, brewers with a combined 20 years of experience in the field. Walden Woods is the first brewery to take advantage of a program through the Marlborough Economic Development Corp. giving brewers and restaurateurs $25,000 for rent and equipment expenses to establish them- selves in the city. Sutton shopping center replacing soccer fields The Pleasant Valley Crossing shop- ping center in Sutton has expanded by nearly four acres with the purchase of adjacent soccer fields. The site at Route 146 and Boston Road will host a multi-tenant 19,000-square-foot building and a standalone 5,500-square-foot restau- rant, with construction starting this fall. A lease is pending for the restaurant. The first phase of Pleasant Valley Crossing features a Market 32 by Price Shopper - the first such branded gro- cery store by the New York chain. Hudson solar firm picks new CEO & COO A week after hiring a new CEO, New England Clean Energy promoted one of its more seasoned executives to become its first ever chief operating officer. Evan Vana, who joined the company at the beginning of the year as director of supply chain, is now COO of the Hudson company. The new position was created in part to take advantage of Vana's skills and 13 years of experi- ence. The company in July announced Doug McCartney was named its next CEO to help the company transition into a new phase of the solar industry. McCartney replaced Jim Elkind. Grocery store allegedly violated food safety laws Binh An International Market, a gro- cery store on Green Street in Worcester, allegedly sold meat, poultry and egg products that had not gone through a health inspection, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Boston said. The store agreed to let U.S. Brilliantly powering the future of Worcester | 242 Mill Street, Worcester, MA 01602 508.753.8635 www.ibewlocal96.org Building a brighter future for Worcester and Central Massachusetts. Mechanics Hall, Worcester AbbVie, Worcester For your next project, make the bright choice... IBEW Local 96. Call Business Manager Thomas J. Maloney at 508-753-8635 to learn more. Department of Agriculture investiga- tors have broad access to the market to inspect inventory and records, the office announced. Any violations would lead to significant monetary penalties. Binh An, located at 64 Green St. in the Canal District, received five USDA notices since February 2013 for viola- tions of federal food inspection laws, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. The store allegedly did not have food inspected and did not keep records of their purchases of those products. The consent decree has been filed in court and is awaiting judicial approval. Acting United States Attorney William D. Weinreb said selling unin- spected meat, poultry and eggs risks significant harm to consumers. A worker who picked up the phone at Binh An hung up when asked about the allegations. *Elderly care centers Source: City of Worcester Assessor's Office Exempt taxpayers Schools, hospitals and other nonprofits are except from paying property taxes - but not on all of their property. In many cases, Worcester nonprofits pay for buildings they lease to other companies, rent to students, or if they aren't used for charitable purposes, according to state law. Here are the largest nonprofit taxpayers in Worcester. W Doug McCartney, CEO, New England Clean Energy Worcester Polytechnic Institute 5 $168,903.29 Notre Dame Health Care Center* 1 $165,638.45 Christopher House* 1 $87,229.76 College of the Holy Cross 31 $66,376.57 Clark University 7 $56,546.66 Worcester Academy 13 $45,937.22 Diocese of Worcester 4 $44,817.05 Assumption College 8 $43,858.09 Number of tax Total property tax Entity -paying properties bill in 2016

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