Nearly 40 years ago, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) set its sights on the abandoned Haffenreffer Brewery, which had become a blighted property and neighborhood eyesore. Five years later, the JPNDC had raised the funds necessary to purchase and renovate the brewery, which today houses 50 businesses and employs more than 500 people. One of those small business owners is Tony Williams, owner of the Tony Williams Dance Center.