Sunrise Business Update - July 25.

Thursday, July 25, 3013

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Guest Speaker:

Julian Marsh, Executive Director

New Bern Housing Authority

  

Swiss Bear Downtown Development Corporation and the New Bern Area Chamber of Commerce are happy to announce the fourth Sunrise Business Update will be held Thursday, July 25 with featured speaker Julian Marsh, Executive Director of the New Bern Housing Authority. He will touch on past mismanagement problems which led to poor facility upkeep and unsafe conditions for residents of the local housing authority project communities of Trent Court, Craven Terrace and the Towers. He will discuss current plans to remedy these deficiencies including relocation of 138 housing units now located in the flood plain with the ultimate goal to reconstruct all of the housing units in a new scattered site structure; estimated cost to exceed $75 million.

Over his long and successful career, Marsh served as the Executive Director of Housing Authorities in Decatur, Illinois and Petersburg, VA. His background in finance and real estate include positions as the Chief Executive Officer of City National Urban Development Corp., Newark, NJ and Vice President and Division Manager of the Real Estate Division for City National Bank of New Jersey, Newark, NJ.

He has an M.B.A. from Rutgers University with a concentration in Real Estate Finance and B.S. from Virginia State University with a major in Business Administration.

The meeting will be held 8 – 9 a.m. at Baker’s Kitchen, 227 Middle Street in the second floor meeting room with a full buffet breakfast.  The cost, $10 per person, will be collected at the beginning of the meeting.

Due to limited seating, reservations are required by contacting the Chamber.  You can reply by email to smilliron@newbernchamber.com or by calling 637-3111.  The remaining dates for the bi-monthly programs for the 2013 are:

September 26 Mike Epperson, New Bern City Manager; December 5 to be announced at a later date..

Swiss Bear and the Chamber of Commerce are providing this opportunity for the business community to meet and hear presentations from business professionals on topics that are important and timely to New Bern, Craven County and Eastern North Carolina.

For more information on the Chamber, go to  www.newbernchamber.com or  Swiss Bear www.downtownnewbern.com