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Alliance County Chapters Remain Active And Busy
New Jersey Alliance for Action county chapters continue to provide valuable information and to address important issues in their areas.
May4: The Gloucester County Alliance for Action met in Woodbury to hear reports on the county's economic activities, restoration of "brownfields" and transportation plans.
May 29: Meeting in Edison, the Middlesex County Alliance received reports on $55 million in projects underway or scheduled by the Garden State Parkway to ease traffic flow and reduce congestion in the county.
June 15: Reports on economic development, tourism, beach restoration and transportation highlighted a meeting of the Monmouth County Alliance in Holmdel.
June 29: The Burlington County Alliance for Action at a meeting in Mt. Laurel heard speakers on the Southern New Jersey Light Rail Project and the Rancocas Wetlands Mitigation Bank.
The schedule of Alliance county affiliate meetings for the remainder of the year follows:
Atlantic County, September 14; Essex County, September 28; Mercer County, October 26, and Ocean County, November 9. To find out more about Alliance for Action County Chapters Go Here.
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| Beachem Discusses New Jersey Issues With Transportation Secretary Mineta |
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Annual Construction Forecast Seminar Scheduled For November In Trenton |
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The New Jersey Alliance for Action made a strong initial contact with Norman Mineta, the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation, on highway, bridge and transit issues vital to New Jersey.
Alliance President Phillip K. Beachem, accompanied by former Congressman Robert Roe, met privately for 90 minutes in Washington, D.C., with Secretary Mineta and his key staff members.
Beachem reported: "We had an excellent opportunity to brief Secretary Mineta on matters important to New Jersey, such as federal transportation funding and renewal of TEA-21, specific road and transit projects and the future of Amtrak. It went very well."
Beachem invited the Secretary to visit New Jersey for a tour of major highway and transit sites. Mineta represented California in the House of Representative and succeeded Roe as Chairman of the House Transportation Committee. He also served on the Clinton Administration as Secretary of Commerce and was nominated by President Bush to head the Department of Transportation.
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The Alliance for Action's highly anticipated annual Construction Forecast Seminar will be held Tuesday, November 20, at the War Memorial, in Trenton.
As usual, representatives of some 25 public and private organizations involved in construction will present their construction estimates for the two-year period of 2002-2003. Their figures provide a barometer on what is ahead for New Jersey's economy, particularly for those businesses and labor organizations affected by the state's vital construction industry.
Alliance President Phillip K. Beachem said everyone is eagerly awaiting this year's construction estimates to analyze what impact the current economic slowdown has had. This is especially so, Beachem said, since the all-time record high projections made last year.
That seminar made headlines when the two-year estimates of public and private construction totaled $20.4 billion - the highest numbers recorded in the 16 years the Alliance has sponsored the seminars. |
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Another Successful Golf Outing
A sell-out turnout of 144 golfers enjoyed the Alliance for Action's 25th Annual Golf Outing on June 4 at Deal Country Club. Individual winners were Jack Kocsis, Executive Director of the New Jersey Building Contractors Association for the longest drive, and Henry DeAngelis, a guest of Alliance Chairman George Laufenberg, for closest to the pin. John Hibbs again was chairman for the outing.
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