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MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR<br />
It is a great time to be in Glassboro!<br />
Whether you’re a native, first time visitor, student, educator,<br />
new business opening here, or one of the hundreds of new<br />
residents to our borough, you’ve experienced first-hand the<br />
many ways in which Glassboro is ascendant and thriving. From<br />
our world-class University—Forbes and Money magazines cite<br />
Rowan among “top” and “best” colleges for <strong>2016</strong>—to our<br />
rapidly expanding business community to our diverse<br />
neighborhoods with their first-rate restaurants, shops and<br />
amenities to come, the Borough of Glassboro has it all. And as<br />
Mayor, I am proud to invite you to experience everything that<br />
makes Glassboro the cultural and economic capital of South<br />
Jersey.<br />
Our new infrastructure technology program represents an<br />
investment in the look, feel and experience of the Borough of Glassboro. We are improving<br />
our technologies, communications, web connectivity and other critical infrastructure to<br />
make Glassboro easier to navigate and highlight the true innovation of our borough. Our<br />
completely new website and resident and business portals are key examples.<br />
Glassboro is also experiencing both an economic development and<br />
population boom. In 2015/16, we added more new residents and<br />
students than at any time period in Glassboro’s history. As we’re<br />
adding new residents, we are also adding hundreds of new jobs.<br />
Companies are voting with their feet. In 2015/16 alone, 83<br />
companies either started, moved here or made expansions within<br />
the borough’s limits.<br />
This has led to a development boom that is transforming the Glassboro downtown and<br />
beyond. There are currently more than $350-million in commercial investments on Rowan<br />
Boulevard, which includes the construction of the Enterprise Center (academic building and<br />
parking garage), 220 Rowan Boulevard (residential, retail and health care complex), a<br />
second parking garage and two more residential/academic and retail buildings, serves as a<br />
model of collaborative redevelopment and smart growth with much more to come.<br />
By every measure, we are an area on the rise. As we see more world-class developments<br />
and continued growth, I am proud to share it with you all.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Mayor Leo McCabe<br />
January 2015 | Page !2
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