Worcester Business Journal

6 Worcester Business Journal | April 16, 2018 | wbjournal.com CraftRoots is fastest-grow- ing craft brewer in U.S. e fastest-growing independent cra brewery in the entire country last year is located in an industrial park just off of I-495 in Milford. e national nonprofit trade group Brewers Association named Craroots Brewing Co. to the top of its fastest-growing list aer the 4-year-old brewer increased from 20 barrels in 2016 to 380 barrels in 2017. In 2018, the brewery expects to double its 2017 production with only Co-founder Maureen Fabry handling the beermaking. Fabry doesn't have plans to expand, as the brewery wants to keep its neighborhood-brewery business model. T H E T I C K E R 33 cents Price increase of the average gallon of gasoline in Massachusetts in April compared to the same time last year Source: : AAA Northeast Square footage of New England Treatment Access' medical marijuana grow facility in Franklin in which the company hopes to grow recreational cannabis 85,000 Source: New England Treatment Access $4.9 million Source: RXi Pharmaceuticals Funding from investors to Marlborough drugmaker RXi Pharmaceuticals announced April 10 to fund preclinical and clinical studies of the company's cancer medication. Annual dividend increase for shareholders in Framingham retailer TJX Cos., announced April 5. 25 percent Source: TJX B R I E FS Craftsroots wants to keep production levels low in order to control beer quality. Continued from previous page Worcester union, N.J. firm reach $15K settlement e Worcester Carpenters Union and New Jersey-based P&B Partitions, which help construct luxury apartments at 145 Front St. in Worcester, have reached a settlement aer a carpenter was fired aer attempting to organize. Last April, the Worcester Carpenters Union began assisting five non-union- ized carpenters who allegedly had been cheated out of wages. In addition to recognize the union, P&B will pay the fired and now rehired carpenter $15,000 in lost wages. Worcester ranks behind Springfield, Boston Worcester is behind Boston and Springfield in the best U.S. places to live, but ahead of Providence, R.I. and New Haven, Conn. e U.S. News & World Report ranking lists Worcester at No. 62 out of 125 U.S. cities, behind Boston at No. 25 and Springfield at No. 59. First on the list is Austin, Texas, and last is San Juan, Puerto Rico. PACKAGE STEEL SYSTEMS 15 Harback Road, Sutton, Ma 01590 800-225-7242 | www.packagesteel.com For all your Pre-Engineered Steel Building Needs Family owned since 1960 Package Steel Systems, Inc is a leading manufacturer of Pre-Engineered metal buildings in the Northeast. Our 80,000 square foot IAS certified facility is located in Sutton, MA. We design, detail and manufacture our metal buildings and components utilizing progressive design and manufacturing technologies. "Built in the Northeast for the Northeast"

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