The panel's moderator, Newark Mayor Cory Booker, set the tonewhen he declared that New Jersey was "in danger of becoming a taleof two states," a reference to disparate wealth and poverty. "Weare in a position to show the world that we can create the AmericanDream, completing the task of creating wealth and doing good."Ultimately, Booker said, the issue is one of, "not making thecities wards of the state, but growth engines."
As to the goal of creating jobs, Gary Rose, chief of theGovernor's Office of Economic Development, told attendees that "theurban strategy is big in the governor's economic development plan."Explaining that his office works in concert with other stateagencies, he added that, "this is not a cookie-cutter business.'One size' does not fit all. We go to each city, from project toproject, to develop a plan."
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