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www.HartfordBusiness.com • February 5, 2018 • Hartford Business Journal 5 Foxwoods to add Stony Creek brewpub this summer Branford's Stony Creek Brewery will add a brewpub inside Foxwoods Resort Casino this summer, the company said. The new outlet will be the company's second brewing operation in Connecticut. Stony Creek founder Ed Crowley Sr. called the development a chance to "put Connecticut craft beer on a bigger map." The 7,100-square-foot, two-story space, located adjacent to the Fox Theater, will include a ground floor New England-style area that includes a beer garden and communal areas for backyard games and socializing. The upstairs bar will offer another version of the "aggressively laid back" style of Stony Creek — a nightlife. NJ taps DECD's Sullivan as economic- development czar Tim Sullivan, one of Connecticut's top economic-development aides who presided over cleanup and restoration of thousands of acres of its "brownfields,'' is leaving to become New Jersey's economic-development chief, authorities say. The New Jersey governor's office announced that Sullivan is the leading choice as CEO of that state's Economic Development Authority. Gov. Phil Murphy said he has asked the EDA board to take up Sullivan's nomination at its next meeting. Sullivan joined the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) in 2014 under current DECD Commissioner Catherine Smith, becoming a deputy a year later. Prior to Connecticut, he was chief of staff to New York City's then-deputy mayor for economic development, during the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Amazon, Berkshire, J.P. Morgan to create healthcare business Can Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon fix health care? Amazon is partnering with Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase, the nation's largest bank, to get into the health insurance business. The three companies unveiled a yet unnamed company to provide their U.S. workers and families with a better option on health care. The statement said the new company will be "free from profit-making incentives and constraints." As of a year ago the three companies had 840,000 global employees between them, though they did not breakdown how many of those are in the U.S. As of now the companies are concentrating on a product for their own employees and family members, not a product to offer to other companies. — CNNMoney $5M STEM grant awarded to CT colleges The National Science Foundation has awarded a $5 million grant for three colleges in central Connecticut to boost the diversity of students who pursue careers in computer science, mathematics and physics. Over the next five years, the new scholarship program will provide up to $10,000 in financial aid and academic support to approximately 90 under- represented, low-income students enrolled at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) in New Britain, Manchester Community College (MCC), or Tunxis Community College in Farmington. UCLA dean is Quinnipiac's president Judy D. Olian, a UCLA dean who directs its graduate business school, has been appointed Quinnipiac University president, effective July 1. Olian, whose official current title is John E. Anderson chair of Management at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, emerged in a national search. She succeeds outgoing Quinnipiac President John L. Lahey, who has been president since 1987. PDS has been meeting the needs of the construction industry since 1965. Our dedicated team of design and construction professionals welcomes the challenge of serving its past and future customers on their most demanding projects. O'Neill's Chevrolet and Buick, Inc. | Avon, Connecticut This project is a renovated car dealership in Avon, CT which includes a showroom, offi ces, and a service department for approximately 15 vehicles for repairing. Specifi c construction elements included mechanical, electrical, plumbing, concrete, drywall, painting, landscaping and fi nish carpentry. Total Project Size: 12,000 SF 107 Old Windsor Road, Bloomfi eld, CT 06002 (860) 242-8586 | Fax (860) 242-8587 www.pdsec.com DESIGN BUILDERS • GENERAL CONTRACTORS • CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS SPOTLIGHT ON: C PDS ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, INC. THINK • PLAN • BUILD WHO WILL BE THE 2018 HONOREES? DYNAMIC INFLUENTIAL CONFIDENT WWW.HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM/OUREVENTS NOMINATE TODAY! DEADLINE 2/6 PRESENTING SPONSORS: EDUCATION LEADERSHIP SPONSOR: KEYNOTE SPONSOR: EXCLUSIVE MEDIA SPONSOR: Stony Creek Brewery is one of the popular craft brewers in the state and now its opening an outpost at Foxwoods Casino. PHOTO | HBJ FILE