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Here Are The Westfield Businesses That Got Coronavirus PPP Loans
NJ schools, stores, and bars got the loans, which have a 1 percent interest rate and can be forgiven if used for payroll costs and rent.

WESTFIELD, NJ — The U.S. Small Business Administration and U.S. Treasury released details this week of the country’s massive Paycheck Protection Program that helped New Jersey businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic (see list below).
PPP loans have an interest rate of 1 percent and can be fully forgiven if they are used for payroll costs, rent, and other items.
More than 4.9 million loans over $150,000 were made to businesses and nonprofit organizations across the country; the total amount for approved loans over that amount was more than $521 billion.
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Around 22,000 businesses in New Jersey were approved for loans greater than $150,000. Loans over $150,000 account for about 925,000 jobs.
Loans to New Jersey businesses ran the gamut and included higher education institutions, private schools, manufacturers, car washes, real estate agent companies and non-profits.
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Jenkinson's in Point Pleasant Beach got between $1 million and $2 million. Care Plus NJ in Paramus received between $5 million and $10 million, which helped support 401 jobs, according to the SBA data. The Dwight-Englewood School got between $2 million and $5 million, which helped support 304 jobs. High Grade Beverage in North Brunswick got a loan between $2 million and $ 5 million, which helped support 258 jobs.
Here are the Westfield businesses on the list:
MAESTRO SOCCER LLC
ROMARK LOGISTICS OF PA INC
LINDABURY MCCORMICK ESTABROOK & COOPER PC
MEDICAL EYEGLASS CENTER, INC.
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY-SBA SMALL 7A TERM
FERRAROS RESTAURANT GROUP LLC
GERSCH ORTHODONTICS, P.A.
REDCOM DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION, LLC
RES REALTY, LLC
ROMARK LOGISTICS OF TEXAS, INC
ROMARK PACKAGING, LLC.
ROMARK TEXAS, LLC
ROUND TABLE SERVICES LLC
RUPRECHT, HART, RICCIARDULLI & SHERMAN, LLP
SCIARRILLO, CORNELL, MERLINO, MCKEEVER & OSBORNE, LLC.
SPEECH & HEARING ASSOCIATES LLC
SUPLEE CLOONEY & COMPANY
TEMPLE EMANU-EL OF WESTFIELD NJ
TRUE & KOOKOGEY, INC.
TS6 HOSPITALITY LLC
WESTFIELD VETERINARY GROUP, P.
A CARING CONNECTION INC
ACTIVE CONTRACTING INC
ADVANCED DERMATOLOGY, MOHS AND LASER SURGERY CENTER
ALBERT JOHN INC.
AVOTRES INC
BOVELLAS OF WESTFIELD LLC
BRICK CITY GREENHOUSE, LLC
CELERITAS SOLUTIONS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
CLOUD PARTNERS LLC
COSIMOS FAMILY RESTAURANT INC
DOGWOOD VENTURES N.J. TWO LLC
EDWARD T NOLAN CORP TA LM GORDON INC
FERRAROS CATERING GROUP, LLC
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH NOON TIMERS
FOLLICLES INC.
GARDEN STATE HEALTH SOLUTIONS, LLC
GATEWAY ADVISORY, LLC
GBH INSIGHTS, LLC
GRAPEK COMPANY
HANDLER MANUFACTURING, LLC
I TO EYE, INC
ICW, LLC
JTP/ROMARK LOGISTICS, LLC
KAR-RAK CORPORATION
MERRION SECURITIES LLC
NEXTLEVEL WEB STRATEGIES
ON THE SIDE LLC
ORTHOMEDIX LLC
PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATES OF WESTFIELD, PC
PS212 LLC
REDCOM CM INC.
REDFIELD, BLONSKY & STARINSKY, LLC
ROBERT SAUNDERS
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF SAINT HELEN
ROMARK MANAGEMENT, LLC
ROMARK TRUCKING, LLC
RWP ENTERPRISES, LLC
SKYAUCTION.COM, INC.
SWEET WATERS INC
THE DENTAL FAMILY LLC
THE FARMHOUSE STORE, LLC
THE PORTASOFT COMPANY, INC.
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN WESTFIELD
THE WESTFIELD LEGACY AGENCY
TIFFANY NATURAL PHARMACY
UNIVERSAL VENDING MANAGEMENT LLC
UTOPIA ONE LLC
WESTFIELD CHIRO-CARE
WESTFIELD COOPERATIVE NURSERY SCHOOL
WESTFIELD FOOD SERVICE CORP
WESTFIELD ORTHOPEDIC GROUP
WESTFIELD PEDIATRICS, P.A.
WESTFIELD WELLNESS LLC
A number of businesses are now reporting that the list, in some instances, contains "
The loans are made by lending institutions including banks and credit unions and are guaranteed by the SBA. All PPP loans are subject to review by the SBA and all loans over $2 million are automatically reviewed by the SBA.
“Because a borrower is listed in the data as having a PPP loan does not mean that SBA has determined that the borrower complied with program rules or is eligible to receive a PPP loan and loan forgiveness,” the SBA said in a statement about the data release.
The average size of a PPP loan is around $107,000 and 86.5 percent of all loans were for less than $150,000, according to the SBA.
To use the searchable database of New Jersey loans over $150,000, go to the bottom of this story.
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