MM: Telling Our Story As part of our business model, Meadowlands Media (MM) has become a mainstay of MC operations, producing Meadowlands Magazine along with our other print and digital media products. Led by Joe Garavente on our management team, MM will continue to provide the membership with great learning content and important information while also providing members with low cost branding and advertising opportunities. With over a dozen print and digital products, MM is an effective marketing tool to target your buying audience. We will soon be launching a few new products including a video podcast called Small Talk Conversations with Entrepreneurs and Innovators. Special guests from all over the country are being lined up to bring inspirational stories on how to grow businesses and develop a positive mindset. Onward‌
connect and cost-saving programs are. To power these priorities, are rolling out a host of new membership benefit programs. Please refer to Meadowlands.org to stay updated.
Meadowlands 2040 Foundation: Advancing Economic Development The mission of the Meadowlands 2040 Foundation is to educate and establish community awareness on the issues that will sustain a strong regional economy through the year 2040. Led by Chair Fletch Creamer Jr, along with Vice Chair Bill Hanson and a dedicated group of Trustees, the 2040 Foundation continues to present valuable programs, conferences and digital content that showcas the Meadowlands as a great place to live, work, play and invest in. The annual Economic Development & Relocation Guide is in production as I write this note and the annual Thought Leaders Conference will be held in October Onward!
Onward‌ MLCVB: Marketing Our Destination Assets Despite the devastation on the hospitality sector due to COVID-19 and the turmoil experienced by the American Dream project, we are confident the facility will soon fully open and the project will eventually make the Meadowlands a primary destination for millions of visitors each year.
In closing, I hope you can sense my determination and optimism for our future despite how hard it may seem right now. In the past, the MC has had many tag lines in our branding but none more important than: Onward! We will go forward together!
We have been a supporter of the American Dream project for over 15 years and we still believe in what it can do for the regional economy, especially Main Street businesses in the surrounding communities. Our long-term visioning process knows the economic impacts of filling hotel rooms with new visitors and how those visitors venture into the local neighborhoods to play, dine, shop and experience the local flair that makes us special. We will continue to advance the need for a convention center at the Meadowlands Sports Complex and for the communities and region to come together to market our destination assets collectively.
Respectfully and with great purpose,
Jim Kirkos President & CEO Meadowlands Chamber
Onward‌
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