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Central Ocean Business Association To Meet Friday In Pine Beach

Registration is required for the event, which will be held at the Lamp Post Inn

PINE BEACH, NJ -The Central Ocean Business Association (COBA) will hold its monthly meeting on Friday at the Lamp Post Inn on Atlantic City Boulevard.

The group's goal is to to attract and keep new businesses along the Route 9 corridor from Beachwood down to Lacey Township. The Association includes the river towns of Berkeley, Ocean Gate, South Toms River, Beachwood, Pine Beach and nearby Lacey Township, John Crisafulli, a vice president with Kearny Bank in Bayville, has said.

"COBA was founded with an entrepreneurial spirit and a lofty objective: to inspire, motivate and champion the small business community along the Route 9 Corridor, through the stimulation of new ideas, shared information and co-operation with local municipalities; all to encompass a more efficient and effective way to grow and create business in the local community," according to the association's website.

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Local business owners and professionals have been meeting at informal monthly networking meetings since October 2016. They formed a 501c6 non profit organization as a volunteer board of 12 local business owners and professionals, Crisafulli said.

The cost to attend Friday's meeting is $10 for COBA and $15 for future members.

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Registration is required. Register Here

Please RSVP by email to info@cobanj.org or 732-844-8133 with questions.

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