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Camden, New Jersey: An Overview of Its Economy and Job Market
A broad, careful overview of Camden's economy: major employment sectors, commuting patterns and long-running economic challenges, without invented statistics.
City Life and Change
Economy and Education
Jobs, business, schools and training.
An Overview of Camden, New Jersey's Education System
A general overview of public, charter and renewal schools and higher education in Camden, with notes on changing governance and where to find current information.
Attracting Businesses to Camden, New Jersey: Strategies and Successes
How cities commonly attract employers, which incentive tools apply in Camden, and why the fairness, cost and results of those tools are debated.
Camden, New Jersey: How the City is Working to Revitalize Its Economy
A look at the stated goals behind Camden's economic strategy, and a frank account of which results are still unproven or hard to measure.
Camden, New Jersey: Investing in the City's Future
Who pays for what in Camden: public and private investment, the role of state, county and city budgets, and how residents can follow the spending.
Camden, New Jersey: Making Progress in Education and Job Training
The types of workforce training and adult education programs available to Camden-area residents, and how to find official providers and current offerings.
Camden, New Jersey: New Investments in the City's Infrastructure
Why roads, water systems, transit and public facilities matter to Camden, how infrastructure is typically funded, and what to check for current projects.
Camden, New Jersey: New Opportunities for Small Businesses
A practical overview of the licensing, counseling and funding resources available to small business owners in Camden, with pointers to official agencies.
Camden, New Jersey: Small Businesses Thriving in the City
The everyday realities for neighborhood businesses in Camden: what helps them last, the challenges owners commonly face, and why success is hard to generalize.
Camden, New Jersey: The Future of Education and Job Training
Possibilities for how workforce needs and training programs in Camden may change, framed as open questions rather than predictions.
Camden, New Jersey: Understanding the City's Economic Challenges
A plain, fair explanation of poverty, unemployment and tax base problems in Camden, their historical causes, and why they reflect conditions, not residents.
Camden, New Jersey: Working to Revitalize the City's Economy
How employers, training programs and residents' access to local jobs connect, and why jobs in the city do not automatically become jobs for residents.
Economic Development in Camden, New Jersey: A Growing Industry
The sectors often associated with growth in Camden, such as health care, education and logistics, and why growth in a sector is not the same as broad prosperity.
Education and Job Training in Camden, New Jersey: A Growing Priority
Why education and workforce training are major policy priorities in Camden, how they relate to the local economy, and how families can find enrollment information.
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