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Amper, Politiziner & Mattia; Ceremonial Weddings Inc.
JCP&L/First Energy
(Large Business)
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) serves nearly 37,000 customers in Somerset County. The company is an active partner with the Somerset County Business Partnership and actively contributes to the county’s economic vitality.
JCP&L’s Economic Development efforts focus on business attraction, business retention, and expansion. The company also maintains strong alliances for education and workforce development. Over the past several years, JCP&L has made significant investments in the construction and maintenance of its electric system doubling capital spending. In Somerset County infrastructure improvements include the installation of a $1.2 million modular substation at the Mountain substation in Warren Township. to support a new administrative and data center complex and continued growth along the Interstate 78 corridor.
JCP&L’s economic development team is engaged in helping companies looking to expand or relocate to New Jersey. JCP&L maintains a database of available sites, buildings and community profiles. Over the last few years, JCP&L has been involved in the following projects to support the economic vitality of Somerset County: Citibank, Warren Township; Verizon, Basking Ridge; Verizon Wireless, Somerville; LIFECELL; Imclone, Roche Diagnostics
JCP&L is an active member of the Raritan Valley Community College Center for International Business and Education and is the founding sponsor of the Annual Consul Program hosted by the Center for International Business and Education. The program provides senior business executives, government officials, and other professionals an opportunity to showcase the state and Somerset County and avail their resources for foreign officials and executives.
 Demeter’s Pantry/Taste of Crete LLC
Bridgewater, New Jersey
(Small Business)
Esther Luongo Psarakis started Taste of Crete in November 2004 with her first product- Taste of Crete PDO Extra Virgin Olive Oil. Since that time, the product line has grown to more than 30 items representing the best natural, artisan and organic Greek products. Leading stores such as Whole Foods, Kings Supermarkets, Balducci’s, Dean & DeLuca now carry the brands.
Upon discovering that there is limited information available that addresses starting a specialty food company, she entered into a partnership with Dom Celentano, coining the new term “Foodpreneur”™ and creating a series of workshops and courses that specifically address the needs of the start up food entrepreneur.
Esther has won awards for both for her business success and her products, including the NJSBDC State Small Business Success Award, 2006 Gold Medal in the Olives Oils of the World competition and the Best of Aisle Award at the NY Fancy Food Show 2006 for Evangelia’s Traditional Greek Cookies.
The company provides job opportunities for adults with developmental difficulties in conjunction with The Midland School in Branchburg, providing packaging and shipping services.
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