Somerset County's economic competitiveness focus of meeting

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July 14, 2015

The Somerset County Business Partnership has announced that the July Fifth Friday Friars Public Policy Luncheon on Friday, July 31 will feature professor Robert W. Burchell and senior fellow Larry Burrows, who led the Bloustein School’s graduate studio that produced “Somerset County Development Opportunities: A Millennial Perspective.” The study, researched and authored by millennials, was undertaken to develop an understanding of the potential for Somerset County to become a place attractive to this important generation.

NJ.com, July 13

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