That’s why the GM site—now rebranded as “Ewing Logistics Park”—is so critical. When fully built, it’s projected to bring 2,500 warehouse and light manufacturing jobs and contribute $4 million annually in property taxes. It’s a bet on logistics over retail, trucks over trendy coffee shops.
Steinmann didn’t grow up dreaming of the corner office. A lifelong Ewing resident and former township councilman, he was known as the quiet numbers guy. When Mayor Lester “Lee” V. Carlson Jr. died suddenly in office in September 2019, the council turned to Steinmann to steady the ship.
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His administration has secured grants for a new Senior Community Center and significant road and sewer upgrades. That’s why the GM site—now rebranded as “Ewing
“We’re not building skyscrapers,” Steinmann says, pushing back. “We’re building housing for the TCNJ professor who can’t afford a $500,000 single-family home. If we don’t, we become a retirement town for the wealthy and a commuter stop for everyone else.”
His first year was a trial by fire. Covid-19 shut down town hall. Tax revenues wobbled. And the GM site, after a developer’s bankruptcy, fell back into the township’s lap. Steinmann didn’t grow up dreaming of the corner office
That balance—between the daily pothole complaints and the decade-long strategic vision—defines the Steinmann era.
And with that, the mayor of Ewing gets into his six-year-old Ford Explorer and drives to a zoning board meeting. The potholes aren’t going to fix themselves.
Introducing the annual municipal budget, such as the 2025 plan that focused on public safety and infrastructure while staying under the state's 2% cap.
“This town was built by General Electric, by Roebling Steel, by GM,” he says. “Those companies left. But the people didn’t. My job isn’t to bring back 1955. It’s to build 2035.”