With Holtec claiming it may hire 3,000 in Camden, I think it’s worth stepping back and discussing the broader waterfront development strategy. The Holtec deal may end up being significantly better than the 76ers deal. Indeed, I hope it is. But that doesn’t mean that continuing to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate … Continue reading Guest Post: Critiquing the Waterfront Development Strategy…
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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…
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“Camden Chatter” is a series of blog posts by Rutgers-Camden PhD Candidate Christopher Wheeler on the “chatter” on social media about Camden. Here are his thoughts on the past week’s top stories (Editor’s note: I’ll be sharing and writing about a neighborhood perspective on this later in the week that shows the negative impacts such … Continue reading Camden Chatter: Waterfront Overtime…
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