Community

Officials will host a free tour on May 20th of the Central Business District in New Jersey’s largest city, Newark.

Honor Earth Day on April 29th and volunteer to nix litter in your neighborhood.

Jersey City's Summer Internship, which provides youth enrolled in local Jersey City public schools with access to meaningful opportunities that offer direct experience in the workplace, returns this summer.

Liberty Humane Society is going mobile! A new outreach program tentatively called LHS Live will be driving dogs and cats, kittens and puppies into Jersey City neighborhoods, making it easier for potential adopters to spend some time with the animals so in need of a new home.

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.

A neighborhood revitalization initiative spearheaded by Garden State Episcopal Community Development Corporation was one of 15 projects approved by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to qualify for funding through the State’s Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credits Program.

Whole Foods Market is getting close to opening a brand new location in Newark. In addition to 110 new jobs, Whole Foods is offering a number of grants and microcredit lending opportunities to the local community.

The Blues People International Festival has returned to Newark, New Jersey for a second annual weeklong celebration of jazz, funk, salsa, and gospel music. The festival is free to the public and aims to celebrate music representative of and developed by people of African descent.

Thanksgiving is here and in the spirit of giving, we here at Jersey Digs want to let everyone know about any volunteering, donating or ways to help in and around Jersey City. If you have time and/or the ability to help, please reach out to one of these worthy locations.

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.