The Greater Atlantic City Chamber would like to thank the following sponsors:

On behalf of the Chamber’s Advocacy team, including Chairman Paul Gallagher, Business Advocacy Committee Chairpersons Sharon Gordon and Mike Pollock, Chamber President Joe Kelly, Director of Business Advocacy Rodger Gottlieb and government relations specialist Bill Pascrell, our sincere thanks to the Chair’s Council for their continuing support. Their recognition of the importance of a more focused and more proactive advocacy effort on the part of the Chamber has enabled us to accomplish a great deal in the past eight months, and we look forward to building on those successes in the weeks and months ahead.

February 11 Chair's Council Meeting

• The Chair’s Council met on February 11, during which we reviewed many of the advocacy efforts that have taken place over the last eight months and discussed an advocacy agenda for 2009. Major areas of focus continue to be:
  • Support of casino industry
  • Regulatory issues that inhibit economic development
  • Cost of government
  • Transportation/Housing
  We are proud to report that to date we have had a 100 percent renewal rate among last year’s members of the Chair’s Council. Given the state of the economy, this is a very strong endorsement of the work we are engaged in and a validation of our view that our advocacy efforts have never been more important to the business community than now.
  
  The Chamber is pleased to welcome the following new members of the Chair’s Council for 2009:
  • A.C. Linen Supply
  • Atlantic Cape Community College
  • Atlantic Medical Imaging
  • Cape Bank
  • New Vistas Corporation
  • Ocean City Home Bank
  • Schoffer Enterprises
  • Volunteers of America/Delaware Valley
  We currently have 31 members. Our goal for 2009 is 40 members, which will provide us with the resources we need to maintain an aggressive and effective advocacy effort.




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April 2 Major Public Construction Projects Breakfast Forum


• This event will take place on Thursday, April 2, 2009 from 8-10 a.m. at the Greate Bay Country Club in Somers Point. To read more, click here.




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News and Views


• Levinson Calls on State Legislature to Just Pass Sports Betting
  
  Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson called on state legislators to approve sports wagering for New Jersey despite a federal law prohibiting it. To read more, click here.




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Legislative Update


• COAH - Senate committee approves bill to suspend developers' fee
  
  A bill that would exempt some nonresidential development projects from a 2.5 percent fee to fund affordable housing has been approved by the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, state Senate Democrats announced Thursday.  To read more, click here.
  
  
• Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act
  
  With strong support and encouragement from Chamber leadership, State Senator Jim Whelan and Assemblymen John Amodeo and Vince Polistina have introduced separate bills that would expand the municipalities within which neighborhoods could be designated under the Neighborhood Revitalization State Tax Credit Act (NRSTCA). To read more, click here.



• Lesniak-Van Drew Resolution Urging Congress to Repeal Ban on Sports Betting Approved in Senate
  
  A resolution sponsored by Senators Raymond J. Lesniak and Jeff Van Drew that would urge Congress to lift the federal ban on sports wagering was approved by the Senate. To read more, click here



• Assembly Commerce and Economic Development Committee Hearing on Economic Crisis
  
  The Committee listened to people from the public and private sectors testify on the impact of the economic crisis and the condition of New Jersey’s financial institutions. To read more, click here.

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