Business View Civil and Municipal | September 2022

39 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 9 ATLANT I C C I TY , NEW JERSEY and heading forward with an attitude of resolve and necessary determination. “As we say, it’s a great day to be here in Atlantic City,” affirms Mayor Marty Small Sr. “We’re transitioning to diversify our offerings, to become more than a casino town. Investor confidence is at an all-time high. We have a lot of projects on the books, many of which are going to be neighborhood development. Our planning department has done a yeoman’s job of coming up with those strategies, and some announcements we’ll soon be making are going to involve big names.” With a residential base of over 38,000, there are already “thriving” and “historic” communities co- existing with the resort aspects of the area. “We make it plain and clear that the residents are our priority,” Small continues. “We’re doing things for the residents, with this administration, that haven’t been done before.” Programming incentives to support local capacity building combined with a consistent tax decrease over the last three years are proof