The Statewide Supermarket Summit was held on June 17 at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark. The event was the kick off to Governor Corzine's New Jersey Food Access Initiative, part of his overall Economic Recovery and Assistance Plan. The initiative aims to spur supermarket development throughout New Jersey's urban centers to further community revitalization, job creation, and reduce health disparities in the state.
The New Jersey Food Initiative, supported through a unique public/private partnership involving the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) and The Reinvestment Fund (TRF), is designed to meet the financing needs of supermarket operators that want to locate within an underserved area, where infrastructure costs and credit needs are often higher and unmet by conventional financing institutions.
The event included various speakers and panel discussions about the new financing programs and other resources available for supermarket development. Click on the links below to review the information presented during the event:
- Jeff Brown, CEO, Brown's Super Stores Strategies for Success
- Ron Reisman, Business Ombudsman, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Putting Energy Efficiency to Work for Supermarkets
- Brian Lang, The Food Trust How Supermarket Access Impacts People's Health
- Tim Lizura, Senior Vice President of Business Development , EDA Leveraging Funding, State Incentive and Assistance Programs
- Don Hinkle-Brown, President of The Reinvestment Fund New Jersey Food Access Initiative
For more information, contact ServiceCenter@njeda.com or 866-534-7789.
