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The founders of Rising Tide Capital, two Harvard grads, were recently featured in Forbes as some of the nation's "most promising social entrepreneurs”. Last week, they received one of the Manhattan Institute’s awards for Social Entrepreneurship. Here are two of their success stories.

Join the Journal Square Community Association and Mayor Fulop to raise money for Jersey City’s own High Line park.

Journal Square’s big moment of truth is rapidly approaching and the neighborhood is preparing for the pending residential boom in several ways, which include some spruced-up streets, a transit hub renovation, and emerging community organization.

With the development of Journal Square beginning to take shape, the community of Bergen Square finds itself in an ideal position to reap the benefits of residual growth.

A firehouse in The Heights is once again listed for sale following rejected revitalization plans, sparking a debate as to how the burgeoning neighborhood should deal with increasing developer interest.

About 20 residents, business owners and a few politicians spoke out at last night’s Special Council meeting about a proposal that would repeal Hoboken’s “500-foot rule” and while the majority went on record saying they didn’t want the regulation repealed, many seemed open to at least some changes in the law.

A cutting-edge space from the Girl Scouts has launched with the first New Jersey location of their DreamLab concept.

La Casa de Don Pedro, an activist group founded in 1972, has revamped a historic Newark building into a mental health center for the community.

Taxes, lawsuits, and abatements are set to take center stage as Mayor Fulop discusses the future of Journal Square at The New JSQ Community Association monthly meeting on August 13.

A proposed residential development in downtown Bloomfield could endanger two religious landmarks with deep roots in the local community.