POWERPLAY | SEPTEMBER 2009
Gov. Corzine's New Jersey Real Estate Advisory Board focuses on combating the recession’s impact.
Last December, Gov. Jon Corzine assembled three dozen state leaders in real estate and economic development and enjoined them with devising innovative ways to combat the effects of a global economic recession, largely by staving a slow leak of industry and jobs from the state.
GREENING THE GARDEN STATE | SEPTEMBER 2009
Design Management Services operates above its triple bottom line—financially, socially, and environmentally.
Like many business owners, Michelle Cottrell, founding principal and president of Design Management Services (DMS), decided to establish a presence in New Jersey in search of greener pastures—but she meant it in a literal sense.
DISCOURSE | SEPTEMBER 2009
Citizens’ Campaign invites New Jerseyans to fight “pay-to-play.”
Over the past few years New Jersey has had its fair share of public corruption scandals—campaign contributions traded for government contracts, cash bribes for development approvals. To some, corrupt transactions are simply par for the course.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FORUM | SEPTEMBER 2009
Sustainability is reshaping the engineering field.
Sustainability, particularly as embodied by the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED rating system, is intended to help the environment and save people some money along the way.
BUCKING THE TREND | SEPTEMBER 2009
With the right strategy and support, now is the time for new ideas to succeed.
If you’re tired of reading articles that pontificate about the freefalling U.S. economy’s dire effects on commerce, you’re in luck. Business development experts maintain that with a good idea and the proper strategy, the time is now to start a new company—and succeed.
POLITICS WATCH | SEPTEMBER 2009
Will cap-and-trade help or hurt business?
Environmental groups are lobbying New Jersey’s congressional delegation to support legislation setting market-based caps on the emissions of carbon gases.
FEATURE FOCUS | SEPTEMBER 2009
Yes, New Jersey has ample parking problems—along with new, visionary solutions.
Driving someplace in New Jersey? The parking space you finally find might seem like a sudden miracle to you, but chances are it has a long history, fraught with intertwined issues—hardly surprising, considering that New Jersey is the nation’s most densely populated state.
PRO FORMA | SEPTEMBER 2009
Looking for seniors’ housing in New Jersey? There’s plenty to choose from. But moving in is another story.
What’s the best way to describe the lackluster state of seniors’ housing financing in New Jersey these days? Is the market in the doldrums, or is it in a holding pattern?
FEATURE FOCUS | SEPTEMBER 2009
Redevelopment moves a small community forward—and closer together.
Last October, the Sayreville Economic and Redevelopment Agency (SERA) announced that it had closed on the sale of the first and largest section of the former National Lead site.
LAW+ | SEPTEMBER 2009
Legal firms opt for 21st-century office design.
Like firms in other professional industries, many law practices are changing rapidly in response to the economy, technology, and quality-of-life issues: downsizing, creating open spaces with quiet and collaborative areas, providing more flexibility and comforts, and promoting greater teamwork.
CODA | SEPTEMBER 2009
New Jersey establishes a trade partnership with Italy to boost business.
New Jersey and Italy became business partners on July 24 at Drumthwacket, when Gov. Jon Corzine signed an executive order establishing a public-private partnership between the Garden State and The Boot.
NEXT? | SEPTEMBER 2009
Newwork is dedicated to changing New Jersey’s skyline—and the way people think about development.
Gone are the days when developers in New Jersey had their pick of pristine land. Progress now lies in the skillful and inventive revitalizing of what already exists to enable cities and towns to thrive autonomously and attract visitors.
CONCEPT | SEPTEMBER 2009
A Walsh Imaging, Inc.’s digital technology lowers the carbon footprint of X-ray.
The world has gone digital—and film is a thing of the past.
Darkrooms might as well be lumped in with the Dark Ages as far as modern-day imagery is concerned: Television, cinema, even intimate snapshots on our own personal digi-cams—it’s all about computerized, crisp, electronic representations of what goes on around us … and inside us as well.
