Look beyond the numbers at emerging industries, life quality

HE'LL DRINK TO THAT: Craft brewers that took part in the Ocean State Beer Festival in Westerly attracted beer aficionados, including Bob Bigelli of Glocester, to taste the growing number of local offerings. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO
HE'LL DRINK TO THAT: Craft brewers that took part in the Ocean State Beer Festival in Westerly attracted beer aficionados, including Bob Bigelli of Glocester, to taste the growing number of local offerings. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Numbers by themselves rarely tell a complete story. And that’s certainly the case when assessing the success of emerging local industries. In terms of beer production, for example, the state trails the rest of New England by a wide margin, as this week’s cover story reports. And the number of local jobs in the industry,

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