This special July edition of New Jersey Business Magazine celebrates America's 250th birthday with an array of feature stories highlighting the state's top industries.

The magazine, which is powered by NJBIA and is the Garden State’s longest standing business publication dating back to 1954, explores the historical significance of these industries and how they complement the nation’s  semiquincentennial birthday.

“We approached this issue as very much a celebratory banner of how New Jersey industries had a hand in the birth and progress of our nation,” said New Jersey Business Magazine Editor-in-Chief Anthony Birritteri.

“We are very proud to provide this issue as not only a cache of historical commerce, but also how these industries still lead on where we are heading in the future.”

“This issue truly captures the depth of New Jersey’s central role in growth of our nation as we celebrate 250 years,” said NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka. “Each of these well-reported stories shows the seeds of America’s entrepreneurial spirits and fruit that bore from their innovations.”

Themed features in the July edition include:

• “Winning the American Revolution – the Jersey Way,” by RevolutionNJ

• “NJ Continues to Connect the World,” by New Jersey Business Magazine Managing Editor Jim Pytell

• “Powering the Accounting Profession” by NJ Society of Certified Public Accountants Executive Director Aiysha (A.J.) Johnson

• “The Medicine Chest of the World at 250,” by Healthcare Institute of New Jersey President and CEO Chrissy Buteas

• “New Jersey’s Casinos: A Beacon of Resilience & Growth,” by Casino Association of New Jersey President George Goldhoff

• “Higher Education Since Our Founding,” by Acting Secretary of Higher Education Margo Chaly.

• “Through Changing Times, NJBIA Always Puts Business at the Center,” by NJBIA President and CEO Michele Siekerka

• “NJ’s Chemical Industry: A Legacy of Innovation,” by Chemistry Council of New Jersey Executive Director Dennis Hart

• “NJ’s Successful Seaport Saga,” by Contributing Writer George N. Saliba

• “How Banks Have Helped Shaped NJ’s Economy,” by the New Jersey Bankers Association

• “Utilities Continually Focus on Service Excellence,” by the New Jersey Utilities Association

• “Legal Practice: Founding Principles to Future Challenges,” by the New Jersey State Bar Association

• “Centuries of Service,” by the New Jersey Hospital Association

The July issue also features profiles on the 66th Annual New Good Neighbor Awards winners and a feature on the mission of the rebranded CREDA NJ, formerly NAIOP NJ.

The digital version of the print magazine can be found here.