cooper’s ferry

Community Voice: More on Cooper’s Ferry

I wanted to pull up this comment from last week’s post on the State of the City: Tom Knoche*: Good piece, Stephen. Not mentioned, however, is the role that Cooper’s Ferry Partnership plays in the Camden scene. It is the central body of powerful people in our region that works to set the development agenda. It is … Continue reading Community Voice: More on Cooper’s Ferry…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Community Voice, Local Knowledge.

The State of the City I Know and Love

No matter how skeptical I am walking into the building, the shark room in the Camden Aquarium always takes my breath away. It’s majestic. It gives any event a little gravity. Not that the Cooper’s Ferry Annual Meeting, featuring the mayor’s State of the City Address, needed more pomp and circumstance. It had every Camden dignitary, politician, … Continue reading The State of the City I Know and Love…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden.

Cooper’s Ferry Annual Meeting

I received a media advisory for the Cooper’s Ferry Annual Meeting, where the mayor gives the State of the City Address, which I wanted to pass along to folks (included below).  A couple of other short clarifications about this meeting:  While not listed in the information below, the Cooper’s Ferry Annual Meeting is a fundraiser … Continue reading Cooper’s Ferry Annual Meeting…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden.

76ers to Camden: the South Jersey Strategy

Next City pegs the price of each job coming to Camden with the Sixers practice facility at $1.6 million. New Jersey Policy Perspective’s president, Gordon MacInnes places the number at $328,000. NJ.com says that there will be $76.6 in “direct and indirect taxes”, including “spillover effects,” outstripped by the $82 million in state grants. And Tom Knoche … Continue reading 76ers to Camden: the South Jersey Strategy…

Posted by Stephen Danley in Camden, Local Knowledge.