The New Jersey Business & Industry Association today released a guidance document on how New Jersey can best ensure the effective, efficient and responsible use of federal pandemic relief dollars to bolster the state’s recovery. Entitled “Navigating a Smooth Landing for Our State Budget and Economy,” the document provides six core tenets and specific investment […]
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Ballooning Festival’s Freeman: Clarity Needed on COVID Rules for Large-Scale Events
How do you determine your outdoor event’s capacity when your venue can support a seemingly unlimited number of people? That’s the question Howard Freeman, executive producer of the New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning, said he lacks direction on from the Murphy administration as his July 23 event, which annually draws 175,000 people at the 744-acre […]
NJBIA Partners with Hackensack Meridian Health on Healthy Business Certification Training
NJBIA on Tuesday announced a new partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health, the state’s largest integrated healthcare network, that enhances the infectious disease prevention training course NJBIA offers businesses to keep workplaces healthy for employees and customers. More than 110 New Jersey businesses to date have earned Infectious Disease Prevention Training Certification after successfully completing NJBIA’s […]
Chef Lou Smith: Unanswered Questions Challenge the Restaurant Industry
In a year of historic problems for the restaurant industry, Lou Smith and his team have tried their best to find the answers. Yet pertinent questions still persist. Smith, the owner and executive chef of Blend on Main and the Peach Pit Café in Manasquan, said during a New Jersey Business Coalition Town Hall on […]
AC Chamber’s Chait: Arbitrary Capacity Rules Are Hurting Live Events Industry
Before the pandemic, the live events industry generated hundreds of millions of dollars for regional economies, but today it’s “hanging on by a thread” as it waits for the state to provide clear, sensible capacity rules so that bookings for future conventions, trade shows and other big events can resume. Greater Atlantic City Chamber of […]