Politics & Government

Freeholders Looking to Connect More with Local Businesses

County leaders form economic advisory committee.

Morris County's Board of Chosen Freeholders say they're looking to better connect with local business leaders, through a newly formed economic advisory committee.

The committee will monitor economic matters and make periodic recommendations to the freeholders, according to a statement from the county.

For the past two years, several freeholders and Morris County Chamber of Commerce President Paul Boudreau have been meeting informally with business and corporate executives in the county and listening to their concerns, Freeholder Margaret Nordstrom said in the statement. The creation of the new committee is meant to formalize that process.

"It's simply a matter of being pro-active," Nordstrom said in the statement. "During these visits, we discuss such things as job retention and how the freeholders, county government and the chamber can assist their businesses. This advisory committee will now help the freeholders further connect with local business leaders to learn more about their companies and the issues they face, especially in these difficult economic times."

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The committee will include Freeholders John Murphy and Gene Feyl, Nordstrom, and representatives from the Morris County Chamber of Commerce, the county's Hispanic American Chamber of Commerce, the Economic Development Corporation, the Morris-Sussex-Warren Workforce Investment Board, the County College of Morris and the county's School of Technology.


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