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 Liam Gorman, seen here with his children, believes he’s found a scalable venture in CozQuest.
the area and taking in many types of attractions. “The overall demand for services in the tour-
ism and hospitality sector hasn’t changed a lot, and because of that, it’s created opportunities for entrepreneurs to make a run at whatever they wanted to do,” he explained. “We have seen a lot of that kind of activity.”
“We were really able to spend
the quality time needed to put together a business plan, to work on the financial forecast, and do all of that upfront work, so that you’re not just a home brewer with a dream.”
Something’s Brewing
For Dell’Aquila, it wasn’t really a matter of whether he and Real would launch their brewery operation. The questions were when and where they would launch.
And COVID helped answer both, but espe- cially the former, he said, adding that it provided the time and impetus to move ahead with their plans. “We were really able to spend the quality
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        economic-development agency, agreed. From the early days of the pandemic, he
noted, he could sense that, while COVID would bring a wide range of challenges to the region, it would also provide some opportunities for the Berkshires as well.
They have come in all forms, he went on, from professionals relocating to the area from urban centers, a migration certainly helped by the growing success of remote working and one that is prompting population growth in cities
and towns that have needed such a surge, to an unparalleled explosion in the real-estate market, which has created opportunities and challenges of its own.
And, as noted, COVID has prompted a surge in entrepreneurship, said Butler, adding that it involves both new owners of businesses that failed during the pandemic — there were many, especially in the broad hospitality realm — and
a wide range of new businesses as well, many of them fueled by an even greater interest in visiting
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