NEWARK: Rutgers Business School (RBS) will bring together academic, business and community leaders on Aug. 28 to discuss ways of forging and sustaining public private partnerships capable of generating jobs, growing companies and creating social change.
The roundtable discussion Restart, sustain and grow Newark’s Economic Development, will explore ways that the city’s largest institutions, including Rutgers University, can do business with manufacturers and small companies in Newark.
You have all of these big anchor institutions in Newark. Why aren’t they buying from the local area, said Rutgers Business School professor Kevin Lyons, one of the event organizers. The money could be very significant.
The discussion will be fueled by the presence of local company executives, small business owners, city officials and academic leaders with an interest in helping to bring about social change in the city.
