Regional Business Roundup: Golf Country, Annabelle's Florist, Site Plan Approved and a Fundraiser for Big Brother, Big Sister

Easton

Easton's Golf Country Looks to Push Its Way out of the Recession

While many area golf facilities and driving ranges have struggled in the difficult economy, the owners of Golf Country in Easton have re-invested in their facility by adding and improving existing features since purchasing the business seven years ago.

Norton

Norton's Annabelle Florist Steeped in Art and Tradition

Suzy Widak, the owner of Annabelle’s Florist and Gifts, wasn’t always a florist. She began her career as an artist, and often the two careers intertwine as she creates floral arrangements and still finds time to paint and draw.

Foxborough

Planning Board Approves Site Plan for Bradlees’ Space at Foxborough Plaza

The proposal to relocate Ocean State Job Lot into the former Bradlees space and bring Chic2Chic into Foxborough Plaza has been given the OK by the town’s Planning Board after it reviewed and approved the project’s site plan.

In addition to Ocean State Job Lot moving into the vacant Bradlees space and Chic2Chic moving from 34 School St. to the current Job Lot space, Daniel Fuchs, vice president for construction & development of WP Realty of Bryn Mawr Associates said the parking lot will be repaired.

Work proposed is the removal of some 31,000 square feet of existing pavement, the removal of and repair of the abandoned septic system and then repaving. The overall elevation will be lowered by a foot or so and a light will be slightly relocated. Subsequent to parking lot repairs, the entire lot will be crack-sealed, sealed and re-striped.

Attleboro

Cumberland Farms has named Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay as the beneficiary of a month-long fundraiser to support the organization’s mission to nurture children and strengthen communities.

For four weeks, beginning Wednesday, June 5, Cumberland Farms will donate 20 cents from every Chill Zone beverage, brewed tea, and coffee (iced or hot) purchased at its store at 1128 Oakhill Ave in Attleboro, MA directly to Big Brothers Big Sisters. Cumberland Farms aims to raise at least $1,000 for the organization. This minimum will be put towards the organization’s “match” recruitment program which works to spread the word and through that, participation, in the BBBS program.