Thu December 17, 2020 - Northeast Edition #26
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When Joe Arruda took over
Bridgewater-Raynham Sand & Stone (BRS) on Plymouth St, in Bridgewater, Mass., it took determination and will. He grabbed an opportunity to rent the 180-acre yard containing an aggregate material that had been around since the 1930s, having been used and turned over by many before him. It was used as a satellite site by a lot of larger companies, and I wanted to make it the primary place for my business, he said.
Following a year of hard work and spending money updating and fixing up the location, he had a decision to make when the owner of the facility let the property go into foreclosure. In 1992, he took a leap and purchased the location from the bank.