Sunday, April 25, 2021

Steve Kalafer: His Imprint on a Community

 

Occasionally, if a community is lucky, it is graced with a person like Steve Kalafer, a man who measured his success not merely as to how he built his wealth from scratch, but who saw himself as responsible for employing his substantial resources to support benevolent organizations, and a host of people less fortunate in life.

One of Kalafer’s principal legacies to Somerset County, NJ reflects his love for baseball; namely, TD Bank Ballpark, the stadium that he built in Bridgewater and the team to go with it:  the Somerset Patriots, now a Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees. 

Some might think that Steve missed the opportunity to see the first pitch thrown for the 2021 season, but others will think of him and say that he will be cheering his team to victory from a higher vantage point.

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