Business Group to Aid Washington Valley Corridor Stores
The group spans across Bridgewater, Warren, Bedminster and Basking Ridge.
In the 1970s, there was an organization called the Martinsville Merchants Association, designed to support Martinsville businesses. It did so through raising awareness by providing fireworks at Chimney Rock Park on July 4 and publishing a map of the area, in addition to giving these businesses a place to network. And now, more than 30 years later, another group has formed, and grown to 44 members, as they have joined to create the Washington Valley Business Alliance. The idea to re-establish a local business group began about a year ago, according to Mike Hompesch, chairman of the group. Hompesch said he approached Jane Gandolfe, president of the Martinsville Community Center executive board, which had been in charge of that earlier …
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