New Jersey Economic Development Authority:

Application for Small Business Lease Assistance Program

 

For general questions regarding this application, please contact EDA Customer Care at 609-858-6767.

For assistance in completing this application, please refer to the Program Specifications or contact the Program Representative for your city:

City	Program Representative Contact Info
Atlantic City	James M. Rutala, PP, AICP, MBA Rutala Associates, LLC Linwood, New Jersey 08221-1226 609-743-0354 jmrutala@comcast.net
Bridgeton	Kevin Rabago Director for Community Development 856-451-3407 ext. 1 rabagok@cityof bridgeton.com
Camden	Joe Thomas Economic Development Rep. Department of Development and Planning 520 Market Street, City Hall - Suite 218 Camden NJ, 08101 856-968-3531 Jothomas@ci.camden.nj.us
Jersey City	Florence Baron 201-284-9478 fbaron@jcedc.org
Millville	Don Ayres MURC 609-675-1593 donayres@gmail.com
Mt. Holly	Joshua Brown Township Manager 609-845-1163 jbrown@twp.mountholly.nj.us
Passaic	Soraya Stam UEZ Coordinator-City of Passaic 330 Passaic Street Passaic, NJ 07055 973-365-5500 sstam@cityofpassaicnj.gov
Paterson	Penni Forestieri UEZ Director 125 Ellison Street, 4th Floor Paterson, NJ 07505 973-321-1220 Office pforestieri@patersonnj.gov
Phillipsburg	Donald John (DJ) Kophazy Recreation Superintendent - UEZ Coordinator 120 Filmore St Phillipsburg NJ 08865 908-454-5500 x 390 dkophazy@phillipsburgnj.org
Plainfield	Jeannette Aparicio 908-753-3218 jeannette.aparicio@plainfieldnj.gov
Salem	Chris Davenport (856) 935-8800 chris@salemcitynj.com
Trenton	Eric Maywar Economic Development Specialist City of Trenton 319 East State Street 609-989-3529 emaywar@trentonnj.org
Vineland	Sandra Forosisky Director Econ. Dev. 856-794-4000 ext. 4623 sforosisky@vinelandcity.org

SUBMISSION DIRECTIONS:

• Please provide all information requested in the application.
  
  
• Prior to submitting this application to EDA, you will be provided instructions on forwarding this application to the Program Representative listed on the cover of this application. If the representative has no questions and the application is complete, the representative will send you a signed certification form. At that point, you may re-access your application through the EDA online application system, proceed to the "Attachments" section, and submit your application to EDA, along with the signed certification form from the program representative and any other necessary attachments. If the signed certification form is not included with your application, then EDA will not consider the application for approval.
  
  
• For any question not applicable to your business or project, you may answer "None" or "Not Applicable" where necessary.
  
  
• There is a non-refundable application fee of $500 for for-profit entities and $250 for not-for-profit entities. The application fee is payable electronically or by check, and instructions regarding payment can be found at the end of the application.
  
  
• Please note that in addition to the application fee, any project that is approved for assistance will be subject to the following administrative fees:
  
  
• Small Business Lease Assistance: Administrative Fee of 1% of the Annual Lease
  Incentive, paid annually until all funds have been disbursed.