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Somerset County Planners to Speak at Two State Forums

Somerset County Planning Director Robert Bzik and Supervising Planner Laurette Kratina will be among the speakers at two statewide planning conferences in March. 

“Our planning director and his staff are very well-respected throughout New Jersey for their expertise and their many award-winning projects and initiatives,” said Freeholder Patricia Walsh, planning liaison.  “Their participation in these conferences is a great opportunity for them to share that expertise and to broaden their own knowledge of planning issues.” 

Bzik will speak at the New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum on March 14 at the Hyatt Hotel and Conference Center in New Brunswick. He will talk about the new state Economic Development Opportunities Act of 2013 and the county Planning Board’s cutting-edge work interpreting, mapping and explaining how business tax incentives – ranging from a maximum annual incentive of $4 million to $2.5 million for 10 years under Grow NJ and the Economic Redevelopment and Growth Program – can advance economic opportunities at the local level. This topic also will be presented at the March 18 Somerset County Planning Board meeting, which the public is welcome to attend. 

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Kratina will be among the speakers slated for the NJ Land Conservation Rally on March 22 at the Busch Campus Student Center at Rutgers University in Piscataway. She will give a presentation on the County Investment Framework and how it serves as a planning tool for balancing economic and residential growth with environmental resource protection and agriculture at the regional and local levels. 

Later this spring, Kratina also will serve on a panel of speakers at the New Jersey Association of Counties conference in Atlantic City, where she will describe the initiatives underway by the county Planning Board and other Somerset County organizations that support municipal efforts to achieve Sustainable Jersey certification.  

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For registration information and other details about the Redevelopment Forum, visit http://forum.njfuture.org/agenda/   To learn more about the Land Conservation Rally, visit www.njconservation.org/conservationrally.htm   For information about the Association of Counties conference, visit www.njac.org/ 

The presentations given at these events by county planning staff will be posted on the Planning Board website soon afterwards at www.co.somerset.nj.us/planweb/learn.htm

 

 

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