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[quote="Guest"]I saw this today and the idea may be a good one for Cranbury considering the TC interest in helping out Cranbury Businesses.  More of the story can be read at: http://www.nj.com/news/times/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-18/1261464312229840.xml&coll=5

Committee striving to bring new business to Bordentown
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 
Beth Fand Incollingo
SPECIAL TO THE TIMES
Marguerite Mount believes that Bordentown City has it all.

But that isn't enough, the lifelong resident says.

Mount has always appreciated the mile-square city's accessible waterfront, walkable downtown filled with restaurants, galleries and stores, and variety of housing options just minutes from major highways.

Now, as the leader of a new, volunteer Economic Development Committee, she wants to bring new business opportunities into the city -- and more customers in.

It isn't that Bordentown City's downtown has been significantly hurt by the recession, said Mount, a certified public accountant who serves as a managing director of the Mercadien Group, a financial services firm in Hamilton.

"We want to just continue to enhance it," she said, "and make it a better place to work, live and play."

Meeting since June, the seven-member committee of local business, planning and government representatives has identified its goals for the historic city and is ready to get to work.

Its five-point plan will involve gathering opinions from business owners about how the downtown should be developed, collaborating with Bordentown Township next door, keeping housing in good shape and intelligently marketing the city -- all under expert leadership, Mount said of the group created at the behest of the city's board of commissioners.

To get the plan off the ground, the committee will identify concerns and ideas by surveying members of the business community, Mount said, noting that one goal will be to bring shops into town that may not be "destination businesses" but will generate customers for existing galleries and stores.

In a city where restaurants are one of the biggest draws, she said, "you'd want to look at bringing in some more office, daytime workers, and not just relying on night traffic."[/quote]

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