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UCEDC’s 2022 Annual Highlights
Welcome to our 2022 Annual Highlights! The client stories, impact statistics, and milestones depicted in the 2022 Annual Highlights celebrate the work done over the last year to help keep our local economies thriving. It illustrates the resiliency of the…
UCEDC’s Procurement Services Will Now Be Referred to as APEX Accelerator
Due to a change in structure at the federal level, UCEDC’s procurement services will now be supported by the Department of Defense Office of Small Business Programs and be referred to as the APEX Accelerators program. While the name will…
Client Spotlight: Keely Freeman WillDog Gets Ready for More and More Growth
UCEDC has so much to offer—and Keely Freeman is here for all of it. Keely is the founder and owner of WillDog Property Preservation and Management, a start-up business that specializes in property and waste management. She launched with a…
UCEDC Awarded the DEI Trailblazer Award for Access to Capital
On November 3rd, UCEDC was honored with the DEI Trailblazer Award for Access to Capital, which recognizes New Jersey companies that are demonstrating tangible and measurable progress in the critical areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), by the African…
Client Spotlight: Alejandro Marin, Owner of il Gabbiano Restaurant
Like most restaurant owners Alejandro Marin of il Gabbiano Restaurant in Cranford struggled during the pandemic. After being a server in the restaurant for years, he had only become its owner two years before restaurants were forced to close their…
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, an Interview with Hilda Mera, Co-Owner of S&A Auto Repair
Before Hispanic Heritage month comes to a close, we wanted to share this touching interview with UCEDC client and Virtual Incubator Program graduate Hilda Mera of S&A Auto Repair. In this interview, Hilda shares the origin story of S&A Auto…
Joshua Suggs, Owner of Delta’s in New Brunswick Shares His Entrepreneurial Advice
We caught up with Joshua Suggs, owner of Delta’s in New Brunswick when we were interviewing him for the 2021 Annual Highlights. At the time, we asked him what advice he could offer to entrepreneurs who were just starting out, his answers…
Client Spotlight: Entrepreneurship as a Second Chance Graduate, Ronelle Bush
We met Ronelle Bush earlier this year when he applied for UCEDC’s Entrepreneurship as a Second Chance (ESC) program. After his release in November of 2020, Ron had aspirations of owning his own towing company. Since then, he created an…
Meet UCEDC’s Latest Instagram Winner, Shakira Drones, Owner of Ikiralot Crafts
When we reached out to Shakira Drones of Ikiralot Krafts to let her know she’d won our latest Instagram contest, she was so excited that she decided to come to our offices to pick up her prize and meet…