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They say if you love what you brew, you’ll never work a day in your life. Tyler and Sable Birch opened Barn Hammer Brewing Company in July 2016.

When you need a weekend away, but don’t want to buy a plane ticket, a city stay fits like a fresh sheet on a perfectly made bed.

Olena Kozel and Erin Ahl have created a modern business with roots in the past. Sherbrook Street’s Public General Store is a place that’s more mercantile than shopping mall.

When the facade of the Scott Block, a century-old office building at 272 Main Street, was uncovered a few years ago, Bryan Goertz envisioned something spectacular in that space.

Shea Ritchie grew up in the hospitality industry, helping with his father’s food service company. When he was 12, he was a dishwasher. And it wouldn’t be completely out of the ordinary to find him in the dish pit these days, either.

Q: Why did Giorgo Mantas and Rob Bohay open Verde Juice Bar?
A: Because they couldn’t concentrate.