Hope to see you there!

To ensure we have enough refreshments please RSVP with your intention to attend to The Chamber office at 856-351-2245 or Jennifer@SalemCountyChamber.com

September 15, 2023, First National Bank of Elmer presented the Business Education Workshop "The Cashless Approach" to our Members.

Charlene Rutherford and Kim Robinson, both Vice Presidents for First National Bank of Elmer did a terrific job with the presentation. The recording may be viewed on our website in the Virtual Meetings Section here: Click HERE

Pictured left to right are: Mike Gorman, President, Salem Community College, Charlene Rutherford & Kim Robinson, First National Bank of Elmer and Bill Clark, Chair of The Chamber's Business Education Committee & Director of Public Relations, Salem Community College.

We'd love to have your feedback to help us plan for the 2024 Workshop Series, take the survey Click HERE

Each month, Monica Coffey, Sr. Officer Stakeholder Engagement & Communications for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) provides a construction update for the LAC Wind Port Project to The Chamber's Government Relations & Economic Development Committee.

Monica's presentation with complete updates on the project may be viewed HERE

You may also view the construction live feed on our website Click HERE for Construction Live Feed

The Salem County Office of Emergency Management has a new system for sending emergency communications (previously known as reverse 911 calls). Sign up via www.ReadySalem.org.



To purchase tickets, click here: https://woodstowncentral.com/excursions/#autumn





Here are the upcoming Red Cross blood drives scheduled for Salem County over the next 5 weeks:

Tuesday 10/10/2023 2 - 7 p.m. at the Salem County Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 6, 693 South Broadway, Pennsville 08070

Tuesday 10/10/2023 12 - 5 p.m. at the Pedricktown Industrial Complex EAC Building 545, 76 Porcupine Road, Pedricktown 08067

Friday 10/13/2023 8:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. at the Penns Grove Masonic Lodge, 330 Georgetown Road, Carneys Point 08069

To make an appointment to donate blood, go to redcrossblood.org and enter the zip code for your desired donation location.

With sincere thanks to the Salem County Chamber of Commerce members and their families and friends for their support,



Cindy McManus

American Red Cross - Community Volunteer Leader - Salem County



Chamber Board Member Chris Hooks, Owner and Broker of Record for The Pino Agency brought the idea forward to create a Bankers and Brokers Economic Development event to Salem County in 2024. The Chamber Board agreed that an event like this would serve our Members well.

The event will take place March 8, 2024 at Salem Community College. We are seeking Members with expertise in these areas to help plan a really spectacular event. We anticipate all planning meetings will be via Zoom for the convenience of all participants. The following folks have agreed to assist:

Chris Hooks, The Pino Agency

Lou Joyce, Professional Planner

Kirsten Oravec, HomeSmart Realty

Fred Young, Director of Economic Development, County of Salem

If this project is something you or someone on your staff would like to help with, please contact The Chamber office at 856-351-2245 or Jennifer@SalemCountyChamber.com before October 15.



NJEDA Angel Tax Credit Approvals Drive over $63 Million in Private Sector Investment into New Jersey Companies in 2023

207 Applications Approved for over $8 Million in Tax Credits to Support Investment in 28 Companies

TRENTON, N.J. (October 2, 2023) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) announced today that 28 emerging New Jersey technology businesses benefitted from $63.2 million in private investment as supported in 2023 by the New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit Program (ATC). The NJEDA approved 207 investor applications in 2023, for a total of more than $8.2 million in tax credits, based on a percentage of eligible investment. Approved investments support emerging New Jersey-based companies in the life science, technology, and clean technology sectors. Since the ATC program’s inception in 2013, 2,900 investments totaling $872 million have been approved to support 141 New Jersey companies.

Through the Angel Investor Tax Credit Program, an investor is eligible to receive a 20 percent refundable tax credit by investing in a qualified New Jersey emerging technology business. Eligible companies for investment include those focused on commercializing technologies in advanced computing, advanced materials, biotechnology, carbon footprint reduction technology, electronic device technology, information technology, life sciences, medical device technology, mobile communications technology, or renewable energy technology. In addition, the business receiving the investment must employ fewer than 225 employees, at least 75 percent of whom work in New Jersey. There is also a 5 percent bonus for investments in businesses located in a qualified Opportunity Zone or New Markets Tax Credit census track, or a business that is certified by the State as a Minority- or Women Business Enterprise.

Complete eligibility requirements can be found at https://www.njeda.gov/angeltaxcredit. The program is open to investors outside of NJ when investing in a qualified NJ business.

“The ATC continues to drive private investment into promising, emerging New Jersey businesses, following enhancements to the program resulting from Governor Phil Murphy’s signing of the Economic Recovery Act of 2020 in early 2021,” said NJEDA Chief Executive Officer Tim Sullivan. “The ATC is a proven and powerful tool for promoting growth of the state’s innovation sector in an equitable and inclusive manner.”

Of the 28 companies receiving investments, 7 companies are new to the ATC program. Additionally, 10 entities qualified for an additional bonus in credits, including 5 state-certified women or minority business enterprises and 5 businesses located in an Opportunity Zone or New Market Tax Credit census track.

Two companies benefitting from the ATC program in the second quarter of 2023 include EV Edison and Beable Education Inc. The two highlight New Jersey entrepreneurs with a proven record of successful business growth in the state.

Based in Kearny, EV Edison is a leading developer and provider of high-power electric vehicle charging solutions. The company provides a range of innovative stationary and mobile charging along with energy storage solutions for quick, modular on-demand EV charging at any location, along with equipment sales, installation and service, and comprehensive planning and EV charging consultation. EV Edison’s products and services are powered by proprietary cloud-based, utility-grade software. The company received a credit bonus for operation in an Opportunity Zone.

“The ATC continues to be a vital component of EV Edison’s success in attracting investment and delivering innovation to meet New Jersey’s clean energy goals,” said EV Edison President David Daly. “With our partnership with the NJEDA, we are committed to further expanding our New Jersey-based operations while bringing the benefits of clean technology to traditionally underserved communities through workforce development and supplier diversity.”

Based in Lakewood, Beable Education Inc. used capital from the ATC program to support its work on the Beable IQEngine, a proprietary software using machine learning, automation, and data science to create an individualized learning path for each user. The woman-owned company closes the literacy and opportunity gap in education using emerging and innovative technology.

“The ATC has enabled Beable to offer investment attractive terms which, together with our profound mission of helping kids succeed, has served as a magnet for investors,” said Saki Dodelson, CEO of Beable. “Beable is proud to impact the lives of students nationwide through in-school and after-school literacy and career programs, and we thank NJEDA for assisting us in making it happen.”

Ever thought about doing

some fun witchy photos?

I have the perfect opportunity for you!

During the month of October

I'm offering Witchy Mini Sessions!

$200 for 20 minutes in my private sanctuary to get witchy in all of Autumn's glory!

Session includes all of the enhanced digital images that we capture during our time together.

A $100 deposit is required at time of booking

and the rest is due the day of our session.

Let's get magical! For More Information https://salemcountychamber.com/connections-directory/name/gaia-dawn-studios/



Assemblywoman Sawyer will be hosting a luncheon with guest speakers to discuss the many concerns facing the black community throughout the Third Legislative District. The luncheon is set for Friday, October 6th from 11:00am – 1:00pm at Botto’s Italian Line Restaurant, in Swedesboro. Please see the attached invitation for further details.

Anyone interested can RSVP with their name to Lawrence at lmoore@njleg.org by October 1st.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Lawrence Moore

Legislative Aide

Office of Assemblywoman Sawyer 

3rd Legislative District

700 Second Street, Suite E

Swedesboro, NJ 08085

Office: (856) 658-2649

Fax: (856) 658-2628



Announced as the Presenter

for the 19^th John Stewart Rock Memorial Lecture

The Salem County Historical Society has announced that Janet L. Sheridan will be presenting, “Marshalltown and the First Emancipation: The Rise and Fall of a Free-Black Settlement,” for the 19^th John S. Rock Memorial Lecture to be held on Sunday, October 8, 2023, at Mount Pisgah A. M. E. Church, 15 Yorke St. Salem, NJ 0807p at 3:00 P. M.

Janet L. Sheridan is an architectural historian and historic preservation consultant in Salem, New Jersey who discovers history by studying buildings and landscapes. She earned a Master's degree under the Historic Preservation Program at the University of Delaware, writing her thesis on the colonial timber framing building traditions in southwestern New Jersey. Under research grants from the New Jersey Historical Commission and the Vernacular Architecture Forum, she has documented farmsteads, outbuildings, and African-American sites in Salem County. Her first African-American research project followed her discovery of the 1798 home of Reuben Cuff, the Salem preacher who was one of the sixteen founders of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1816. After that, she turned her attention to the history of Marshalltown, a forgotten antebellum free-Black settlement, which she surveyed and listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places in 2013, an effort that received a statewide award from Preservation New Jersey in 2021. She is currently co-directing a two-season summer field school under an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant at an African-American maritime village on the eastern shore of Maryland.

Sunday, October 8, 2023, 3:00 P. M.

African-American History Presentation

Presenter: Janet L. Sheridan

Topic: “Marshalltown and the First Emancipation: The Rise and Fall of a Free-Black Settlement”

Location: Mount Pisgah A. M. E. Church        15 Yorke St. Salem, NJ 08079

—Free and Open to the Public—

Info: (856) 935-5004 or www.salemcountyhistoricalsociety.com.

  As part of the Society’s educational programming, this lecture commemorates the life of abolitionist John Stewart Rock (1826–1866), teacher, healer, and counselor. Born in Salem County, Rock was a black abolitionist of national prominence, who was well-known in his time but less recognized in ours. He was the first African-American to be admitted to the Bar of the United States Supreme Court on February 1, 1865. The Society continues to honor the life of this native son through this lecture series and through an annual John Stewart Rock Memorial Scholarship of $1,000 to a student at Salem Community College. Contributions from the community at large fund both commemorations through a restricted fund at the Salem County Historical Society. 





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Join Appel Farm to Celebrate Arts and Wellness on November 4th!



Appel Farm Arts & Music Center’s Healthy HeARTS Festival will be held on Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 10am-3pm. This free family-friendly festival is a celebration of arts and wellness for the South Jersey community. All are welcome to join us for live music by local musicians on the Grove Stage; crafters of handmade goods; food trucks; locally crafted wine, beer and spirits; wellness demonstrations; and art-making activities for the whole family.

Register ahead for the Fundraiser 5k race and 1 mile walk on and around Appel Farm’s beautiful campus. All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit Appel Farm’s arts programming throughout South Jersey.

Vendors, wellness organizations and any local business looking to be involved in this event, please visit the event website www.appelfarm.org/healthyhearts for the application, or contact Kat Baer at kbaer@appelfarm.org--

Katharine Baer (she/her)

Marketing Manager

Appel Farm Arts & Music Center

www.appelfarm.org

www.appelfarmartscamp.org

856-358-2472 ext. 111