Presentation from Mega-Ships session

1. New Jersey Future
Redevelopment Forum
The Mega-Ships are Coming:
Understanding the Landside Impacts of
a Modern Port

2. Partnership for Action
Private/Public Partnership for Economic Development led by Lt. Governor Guadagno
Four Entities:
• Choose New Jersey – Business Attraction and Retention, Marketing, Market Research and Site
Identification Assistance
• New Jersey Business Action Center – Business Outreach, Business Advocacy and State
Agency/Department Assistance
• New Jersey Economic Development Authority – Incentives, Financing
• Secretary of Higher Education – Research partnerships, workforce

3. Choose New Jersey
Through an integrated marketing and business attraction and retention efforts, Choose
New Jersey:
• Stimulates job creation and capital investment throughout the State
• Encourages development and investment, including making New Jersey’s urban centers engines for
growth and opportunity
• Leverages strategic and collaborative partnerships to generate awareness and keep New Jersey on the
map as a premier business location
• Collaborates with higher education partners to encourage research, discovery, and innovation

4. Perfectly Located
• #1 maritime cargo center on
the east coast
• 5 Foreign Trade Zones
• 1,000 miles of freight rail lines
• 2,800 miles of interstates and
highways
• 22 million consumers within a
2 hour drive and 130 million
consumers within a 1 day
drive of central NJ

5. World-Class Industry Clusters
• Aerospace/Aviation/Defense
• Financial Services
• Information Technology
• Life Sciences
• Logistics
• E-Commerce
• Food
• Apparel
• Manufacturing
• Food/Flavors/Fragrances
• Chemicals
• Plastics

6. Game-Changing Tax Incentives
2013 Economic Opportunity Act
Grow New Jersey Assistance
Program
• $500 to $15,000 credit per job,
per year – for up to 10 years
• Minimum threshold of 10 jobs for
technology start-ups and
manufacturing companies; 25
jobs for targeted industries,
including life sciences

7. Business Attraction and Retention Outreach
ATTRACTION:
• Business lead generation to targeted sectors and sub-sectors of industry
• Domestic: New York, PA, CT, MD, NC & SC
• International: Canada, UK, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland
• Conference and Trade Show attendance:
• Site Selectors Guild
• Industrial Asset Management Council
• Select USA Investment Summit and targeted Select USA road shows
• Hannover Messe – largest industrial trade show in the world held annually in
Germany
RETENTION:
• Outreach to existing businesses in targeted sectors and sub-sectors of
industry

8. Choose New Jersey Services
• Industry Research
• Site Visits
• RFI / RFP Support
• Incentives Identification
• Real Estate Showcase
• Procurement Database
• Public-Private
Introductions
Choose New Jersey, Inc.
www.choosenj.com
Margie Piliere
mpiliere@Choosenj.com
+1 609-297-2190