What
we plan to achieve
1)
Identify how the diverse interests in our state can
be served by promoting (internally and nationally) our
state's resilience,
ingenuity, and vitality.
2) Identify components for creating a statewide,
annual "Celebrate
NJ" Day
3) Envision New Jersey's first "Celebrate NJ" Day
in 2005
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In
almost every area (history,
science, industry, transportation, education, communication,
innovation, and research), New Jersey has much to boast about.
With the strength that comes from unity of purpose among
a broad coalition of interests, now is the time for all New
Jersey to come together to declare our strengths around one
yearly event: "Celebrate New Jersey" Day.
From its inception as a colony, New jersey has been culturally,
politically, and economically diverse. In New Jersey in
1775, "patriots" could be British supporters, American
Revolutionaries
or Quaker pacifists. A melting pot more than any other
colony,
our population was composed of English, Dutch, Irish, Blacks,
Germans, Scots, French, Native Americans, Swedes and Finns.
With no major cities and no statewide newspaper, New Jersey
was predominantly farms and woodlands nestled quietly between
Manhattan and Philadelphia, "a valley of contentment between
two mountains of conceit."
Today New Jersey still seeks to define itself, not as exits
on the NJ Turnpike or as home to Mafia scions, but as a
vibrant, culturally
diverse, progressive state whose roots are deeply imbedded
in the founding of our country (more Revolutionary War
activity here than in any other state), as the cradle of
inventions
and entrepreneurial ventures that shaped our country (the
origin of the U.S. film industry, the development of the
telegraph, transistors, the record player, pharmaceuticals,
nuclear fusion), the transportation crossroads for the
nation (the NJ Turnpike, Newark Liberty International Airport),
the nation's playground (Atlantic City, Cape May, and the
Jersey Shore), and home to many of the nation's Fortune
500
companies (Johnson & Johnson, Campbell Soup, Merck, AT&T,
Prudential, Lucent).
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| 8:30am |
Registration, beverages and bagels
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| 9:15am |
Welcome, introduction and brief business
meeting
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| 9:30am |
"There's More to NJ Than the Sopranos"
Marc Mappen, co-editor of the newly published
Encyclopedia
of New Jersey
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| 10:00am |
Q&A
with Marc Mappen
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| 10:15am |
Panel:
"Celebrating New Jersey's Legacy"
- NJ's new Revolutionary War Guide and the remaining
225th Revolutionary War anniversary events (2004-2005)
Dorothy Guzzo, NJ SHPO & Mark Lender
- NJ land preservation's quality of life, educational
& recreational opportunities
Linda
Mead, President D & R Greenway
- Promoting NJ tourism through cultural heritage & the
arts
Ann
Marie Miller, Art Pride NJ
- Who wants to know about NJ?
AboutNewJersey.com website/Robert Rosetta
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| 11:00am |
Group
discussion
- How can the quality of life in our state be enhanced
by having a yearly "Celebrate New Jersey" Day?
- What diverse interests of our state (business, government,
arts, history, recreation, environment) will be served
by having this yearly reminder of our state's many strengths?
- What would it take to create "Celebrate New Jersey"
Day?
- What are the obstacles to doing this?
- Who would need to be involved to make this happen?
- What's missing?
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| 12:00pm |
Box
lunch, sale and book signing of Morven coffee table book
(signed copied of Encyclopedia of New Jersey also available)
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| 12:30pm |
Generate
next steps and closing comments
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| 1:30pm |
Completion
(hand in evaluations)
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2:00-
4:00pm |
Tour
of Historic Morven and grounds
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Who should attend: Arts, business, history, tourism,
recreation and environmental groups, county government, municipal
government, & interested individuals.
Registration (will open in new window)
Directions: Morven
is located in the heart of Princeton, on Stockton St (Route
206), next door to Princeton Borough Hall.
NOTE: There
is NOW on-site parking. There will NOT be a shuttle from the
Princeton municipal parking lot to Morven as previously stated.
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