SJBiz_Office_Space_0724_Layout 1 7 / 11 / 24 12 : 11 PM Page 2 PRESENTED BY SOUTH JERSEY BIZ OfficeSpace CRUNCHING NUMBERS On the Move Edited by Madeleine Maccar $ 427 THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF GRADUATES who matriculated from New Jersey’s colleges this year . Early last month , it was announced that THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY’S 90,000 David P . Skandhas joined Hyland Levin IN - STATE TUITION COST PER CREDIT , Shapiro LLP as counsel with a focus on rep - a rate it will be extending to Penn - sylvania residents beginning with resenting businesses in commercial disputes . $ 115,000 August’s registration . $ 56.7 THE AMOUNT THE COOPER FOUNDATION RAISED LAST MONTH MelissaOrsen , senior FOR ITS CENTER FOR LGBTQ + HEALTH in Collingswood during vice president of a grand opening attended by more than 125 supporters . South Jersey Industries 141 and president of HOW MANY ACRES OF GLOUCESTER South Jersey Industries billion COUNTY LAND WERE RECENTLY Utilities , has been THE LATEST NEW JERSEY PERMANENTLY PROTECTED , $ 40000 , named chair of the STATE BUDGET , as the fiscal thanks to a joint purchase by the ORSEN New Jersey Utilities year 2025 Appropriations THE AMOUNT OF A NEW JERSEY AUDUBON GRANT RECENTLY South Jersey Land and Water Trust Association , making Act was signed into law AWARDED to the local nonprofit Save the Environment of and the New Jersey Conservation her the first woman to hold the position in June 28 . Moorestown . Foundation . the association’s 109 - year history . Capehart Scatchard announced on June 6 $ that Lindsay S . Romeo , Esq . , had joined 75,000 FIFTH its school law department as an associate WHAT THE ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS NEW JERSEY WHERE NEW JERSEY RANKS FOR STATES WITH THE in the Mount Laurel office . CHAPTER’S APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATION & TRAINING FUND RECENTLY HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN MAY . The Garden RECEIVED through a Truist Foundation grant award supporting State was tied with Kentucky , according to data The state is poised to benefit from the ex - opportunities and careers across the construction industry . released by the U.S . Bureau of Labor Statistics . pertise offered by a trio of professionals with South Jersey ties . Jacquelyn A . Suárez , who earned her juris doctor from BREAKDOWN RutgersSchool of Law in Camden , has been named commissioner of The New Jer - sey Department of Community Affairs . A new program intends to keep New Jersey residents ’ tax dollars in - state . Meanwhile , Gov . Phil Murphy has nominat - ed Lumberton resident Colonel Yvonne L . Maysas acting Adjutant General and WHAT HAPPENED : The $ 35 million New Jersey Reassigning In - State Employ - WHAT IT Commissioner of Military and Veterans Af - ees ( NJ RISE ) Program will provide grants intended to help MEANS : fairs , effective July 1 ; pending Senate confir - The New Jersey not only firms relocate their New Jersey - resident employ - mation , Col . Mays would be the first Black Economic Develop - ees back to a stateside location but also redirect tax rev - woman to hold the position . The governor ment Authority enue to the state by ensuring that residents ’ income taxes has also nominated John Jay Hoffman , a ( NJEDA ) board has stay here . The pilot program will provide grants to busi - Marlton resident , to serve on the New Jer - approved the cre - nesses principally located out of state to locally reassign seySupreme Court . ation of a program their New Jersey residents currently working out of state , incentivizing compa - utilizing the “ convenience of employer ” income taxation nies ’ return to The rule to work in a New Jersey location . Garden State . Duly Noted “ New Jersey residents deserve to have their income taxes MeganKnowlton WHAT’S support projects in their communities , as opposed to NEXT : Balne , a partner at funding another state’s coffers , ” said NJEDA CEO Tim Sul - Hyland Levin Shapiro livan . “ The NJ RISE program will not only help incentivize LLP , was recently in - companies to reassign their New Jersey employees back stalled as president of to their home state , but it will also increase economic ac - the Burlington County tivity and continue our efforts to grow a stronger and Bar Association . fairer economy . ” BALNE Continued on page 10 SouthJerseyBiz.net | VOLUME 14 ISSUE 7 | SOUTH JERSEY BIZ | 9