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Conference on Housing and Economic Development
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L-R: Valerie Jackson; Plainfield, NJ Mayor Adrian O. Mapp; Jazz Clayton-Hunt; and Ana P. Casalino L-R: David Manheimer, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Zev Klasowitz, and Miles Berger
L-R: Former Newark HUD Director Diane Johnson and Broadway House Director of Marketing Lisa M. Papciak L-R: NJEDA CEO Tim Sullivan, NJEDA Chief DEI Officer Michelle Bodden, and NJRA President/ CEO Leslie A. Anderson L-R; Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, NJRA President/CEO Leslie A. Anderson, and NJDCA Deputy Commissioner Robert Long
2022 Governor’s Conference on Housing and Economic Development
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (NJDCA), New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA), New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and New Jersey Redevelopment Authority (NJRA) joined together to facilitate a major conference on September 29 and 30, 2022.
The two-day symposium was designed to provide networking opportunities and stimulate the flow of information and ideas. Experts, industry leaders, and advocates shared invaluable information and effective strategies to improve affordable housing and economic development across the state.
Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, president of NJ Urban Mayors Association and executive board member for NJ League of Municipalities, served as keynote speaker. East Orange, NJ
L-R: The NJHMFA team, James Abrams, Victoria Lawson, LaToya Adams, Rosy Dafonseca, Chalyan Toon, Donna Spencer, Tanya Hudson-Murray, Laura Shields, Amy Palmer
Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka gave keynote address L-R: Bill Flagg, Lisa M. Papciak and Adrian Council Jr.
