GSB celebrates 50th birthday.

This year, Garden State Brickface (GSB), the first name in tri-state home resurfacing, celebrates its golden anniversary. Founded in 1953, fifty years have passed since the founding of the tri-state area's premier building resurfacing and remodeling company. GSB was founded in Linden, New Jersey, by Ralph Goldberger, Isadore Moore, Larry Goldberger and Richard Goldberger--the grandfather, father and uncles of the current majority owner, Chairman/CEO David Moore. Currently based in Roselle, GSB has renovated more than 40,000 homes in the tri-state area.

Over the past 50 years, GSB has earned a stellar reputation as a superb place to work, where the average employee tenure is 15 years plus. In addition, GSB is an employee owned company--an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan). Employees at GSB own a percentage of the company and partake in the company's success.

To help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the company's founding, the GSB team has designed a Healthy, Happy and Safe Employee Program. Every month this year, employees will have the opportunity to take part in these programs which emphasize the importance of health and safety in the workplace and home. This includes "Stop Smoking," "Weight Control and Nutrition," and "Safety" programs.

"We're all extremely proud to have reached this milestone," said David Moore, Chairman/CEO of GSB. "We attribute our longevity to the loyalty and commitment of our employees and, of course, our customers who have supported us throughout the years. We look forward to the next fifty years."

Over the years, the name Garden State Brickface has almost become synonymous with New Jersey. Those who grew up in New Jersey in the seventies and eighties are almost certain to have seen a GSB commercial. Pop culture has embraced the company and it has been featured in a number of films and television shows, including Can't Buy Me Love and City of Hope. GSB has also done work on movie sets and celebrity homes, including the homes of Derrick Coleman, Joe Frazier, Ivana Trump, I.M. Pei and Oleg Cassini and movie sets for Eraser, Broadway Danny Rose and Two Bits with Al Pacino.

GSB's work has been recognized with dozens and dozens of awards over the past fifty years. This past year, the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) selected Garden State Brickface, New Jersey's premier remodeling agency, as a regional winner in the Contractor of the Year Awards competition and they were named to the 2002 Top 500 (#30) by Qualified Remodeler Magazine.

"Winning the award from NARI was a great honor," said Cindy Lukas, president and COO of GSB. "To be recognized as a regional leader on a national scale is a very prestigious honor."