Member Portal

Welcome to the Metuchen Downtown Alliance Member Portal. Learn about upcoming events & ways to participate along with important information about programming, storefront design and grants & other helpful information to help your business succeed.

Please contact the Executive Board or our Executive Director (Dawn Mackey) with any questions or concerns.

Borough Updates

Borough Clerk – Deborah Zupan

500 Main Street

Metuchen, NJ 08840

732-632-8508

Email: dzupan@metuchen.com

Message from Borough Clerk: Annual Restaurant Renewal License; submit completed forms to Borough Clerk

Ribbon Cutting

Congratulations on your new business in the Metuchen Downtown Alliance! Please contact us to schedule your ribbon cutting.

Ribbon Cutting Guidelines

• Eligible entities are Metuchen-based, new businesses located in the district or an out of district business who becomes an affiliate MDA member.
• The MDA does not perform ribbon cuttings for Borough, local or state government, religious, or civic committees, commissions, organizations, etc.
• Ribbon cuttings are for a new business opening.
• The ribbon cutting must be done within 6 months of opening the business. 
• The MDA will help the business coordinate availability with Borough officials and provide ceremonial scissors, ribbon and event photography.

Sustain & Serve NJ Grant (No Longer Active)

Eligibility Requirements for Restaurants

• 50 or fewer employees (based on the restaurant’s most recently filed WR-30 with NJDOL)
• A physical commercial location in New Jersey
• Legal registration to do business in New Jersey as evidenced by a valid New Jersey Business Registration Certificate
• Good standing with the New Jersey Department of Labor and New Jersey Division of Taxation
• Good standing with the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control (where applicable)
• Valid certification from municipal or county government inspection showing a current rating of Satisfactory per the New Jersey Retail Food Establishment Rating system
• Restaurants must have been negatively impacted as a result of COVID-19
• Were in operation on June 4, 2021

What is Sustain & Serve NJ (“SSNJ”)?

How can my food business participate?

How can I find an approved food business?

Which non-profits have been awarded grants in phase 3 (announced July 2022)?

I am interested and a food business, where can I submit forms?

Meet the Merchant

If you would like to submit a request for the MDA to do a profile of a business owner please fill out the questions on the below link. We will use the answers to the questions to either do a social media post with images highlighting a business owner, or a video interview with an owner.  [Questionnaire Link]

Promotions for Metuchen Downtown Alliance Members

Fill out the form below to enter your business promotion. If you have an image to be used, please email us at info@downtownmetuchen.org