Mayor John M. Picard, center, presents the West Haven Pride Award for the city’s April Business of the Month to Best Gas Food Mart co-owners Gurjant Narain, left, and Avtar Sing, right.
The award praises Best Gas for their exemplary customer service and commitment to the community through its new renovation and “for its wholehearted devotion to the city of West Haven as an outstanding community partner.”
The gas station joins two others owned by Narain and Singh on the Boston Post Road and in New Haven.
Best Gas Food Mart
147 Campbell Avenue
203-931-1300
Mayor John M. Picard, right, presents the West Haven Pride Award for the city’s March Business of the Month to University of New Haven President Stephen H. Kaplan in front of the future site of the Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science.
The award praises UNH for the addition of the $9.4 million Lee Institute and “for its wholehearted devotion to the city of West Haven as an outstanding community and institutional partner.”
The 15,649-square-foot Lee Institute, which will open next fall and sit on a portion of UNH’s 80-acre main campus on the Boston Post Road, is part of Allingtown’s ongoing renaissance, which also includes the university’s new, $43 million Soundview Residence Hall, which stands five stories, and $15.5 million David A. Beckerman Recreation Center, which encompasses 56,000 square feet.
UNH’s ambitious development initiatives are complemented by the recent, state-of-the-art expansion at nearby Notre Dame High School and the completed Penske Truck Leasing facility at the old Bowl Drive-In theater site at 38 Boston Post Road.
University of New Haven
300 Boston Post Road
1-800-342-5864
http://www.newhaven.edu
From left, Charli’s Cupcake Factory owner Jennifer Maultsby and her 6-year-old daughter, Charli, receive the West Haven Pride Award for the city’s February Business of the Month from Mayor John M. Picard with employees Kori Ligon and Chelsea Rivera.
The award praises the sweets shop “for its wholehearted devotion to the city of West Haven as an outstanding community partner.”
Charli’s, which opened last fall, specializes in a smorgasbord of homemade, gourmet and organic cupcakes and muffins.
Using only natural or organic ingredients, Charli’s seven employees make each heaping-size cupcake from scratch, baking at least 400 a day.
Charli’s Cupcake Factory
912 Campbell Avenue
203-909-6001
http://charliscupcakefactory.com/
