Editing Maywood, New Jersey (section)

==Economy==
The central business district of the borough is located on West Pleasant Avenue from the intersection of Maywood Avenue to Lincoln Avenue, and is where most of the local restaurants and shops reside. The business district of Maywood was renovated through a "Streetscapes" grant used to fix up the sidewalks, streets and lighting.<ref>Clark, Susan Joy. [http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/town-council-looking-at-doing-work-on-retail-district-1.1137187 "Maywood Council looks to do work on retail district"], ''Community News'', November 20, 2014. "Maywood has $150,000 in grant money to use toward a streetscapes project for the retail district on the south side of Maywood."</ref>

[[Bergen Town Center]], formerly known as the Bergen Mall, is primarily located in [[Paramus, New Jersey|Paramus]], with portions of the mall in Maywood.<ref>Clark, Susan Joy. [http://www.northjersey.com/news/richards-is-out-as-administrator-1.843964 "Richards out as administrator in Maywood"], ''Community News'', January 12, 2012. Accessed December 5, 2014. "Richards looked back at the time that Bergen Town Center was being developed.... When Vornado took over, I went over several times and convinced them to develop the Maywood side of the mall. When you drive past it now, you see there are new buildings going up now."</ref>

[[Coca-Cola]] uses a [[coca]] leaf extract prepared by a [[Stepan Company]] plant in Maywood as in ingredient.<ref>Benson, Drew. [http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20040419-093635-4754r.htm "Coca kick in drinks spurs export fears"], ''[[The Washington Times]]'', April 20, 2004. Accessed June 14, 2007. "Coke dropped cocaine from its recipe around 1900, but the secret formula still calls for a cocaine-free coca extract produced at a Stepan Co. factory in Maywood, N.J. Stepan buys about 100 metric tons of dried Peruvian coca leaves each year, said Marco Castillo, spokesman for Peru's state-owned National Coca Co."</ref> The facility, which had been known as the Maywood Chemical Works (and is also a known Superfund site<ref>[http://www.fusrapmaywood.com/ FUSRAP Maywood Superfund Site], Accessed November 12, 2009.</ref>), was purchased by Stepan in 1959.<ref>[http://www.stepan.com/en/about/history.asp History], [[Stepan Company]]. Accessed June 14, 2007.</ref> The plant is the only commercial entity in the country authorized by the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] to import coca leaves, which come primarily from Peru. The non-narcotic extract is sold to Coke, while the active ingredient is sold to a pharmaceutical firm for medicinal purposes.<ref>[[Clifford May|May, Clifford D.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/01/business/how-coca-cola-obtains-its-coca.html "How Coca-Cola Obtains Its Coca"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 1, 1988. Accessed January 22, 2012. "A Stepan laboratory in Maywood, N.J., is the nation's only legal commercial importer of coca leaves, which it obtains mainly from Peru and, to a lesser extent, Bolivia. Besides producing the coca flavoring agent for Coca-Cola, Stepan extracts cocaine from the coca leaves, which it sells to Mallinckrodt Inc., a St. Louis pharmaceutical manufacturer that is the only company in the United States licensed to purify the product for medicinal use."</ref>

Fake Chapter Records is an [[independent record label]] that was founded by Michael Gilligan in 1996.<ref>Holman, Tonya. [http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/record-company-has-been-going-strong-for-15-years-1.890194 "Record company has been going strong for 15 years"], ''Community News'', June 30, 2011. Accessed December 5, 2014. "Fake Chapter Records of Maywood will be marking its 15 anniversary on Nov. 11.... The president of Fake Chapter Records goes by the name Gilligan, and said he started the company when he was 18."</ref>

[[Myron Corp]], a manufacturer of personalized business gifts, is headquartered in Maywood.<ref>[http://www.myron.com/eng/aboutus/careers.cfm Careers at Myron], [[Myron Corp]]. Accessed December 5, 2014. "We are headquartered in Maywood, NJ, convenient to routes 17, 80 & 4, the Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike and just 20 minutes from Manhattan. 205 Maywood Avenue, Maywood, NJ 07607"</ref>