Past Event

Industrial Developers Day

The work in Trenton culminated in an Industrial Developer’s Day on April 4, 2024, organized by the project team, the Watson Institute, and supported by the NJ Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and the NJ Redevelopment Authority (NJRA). In attendance were for-profit and non-profit industrial and commercial developers, architects, and manufacturers from the mid-Atlantic states and public officials. Over 40 attendees heard presentations and discussions from people about Trenton, industrial history and opportunity, and economic development programs in New Jersey.

Gallery

Report

Those who presented included:

The Honorable Mayor Reed Guscoira, City of Trenton
Barbara George Johnson, Vice President for External Affairs, Kean University
Nina Rappaport, VUF and Kean University’s SPA
Dr. John Kennedy, Senior Advisor to the CEO, NJEDA 
Diana Rogers, Senior Community Development Officer, NJEDA
Jenell Johnson, Managing Director, NJEDA
Darryl Godfrey, CEO, NJRA
Oscar Parham, Chief Strategy Officer, NJRA

Site Tour

Then by bus we toured 6 public and private industrial sites in Trenton to demonstrate their significance to the participants and potential for redevelopment.