Community

As Bergen-Lafayette grows in popularity, so does its amenities. New cultural and community focused activities are popping up all around the neighborhood. These 5 provide good reasons to get out and explore the area.

The recently announced executive order, placing a temporary moratorium on demolitions of one-four family homes, doesn't address the real issue facing Jersey City's future growth.

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.

Several moves have already been made to improve crowded service along the 119 bus line and locals will have a chance to weigh in at a community meeting on the issue later tonight.

Transformed. Revitalized. Gentrified. These and other adjectives have often been used to describe what’s been happening in Hoboken and Jersey City over the last two decades. But increased luxury development can also bring with it some concerns. One of those worries is how communities can still care for those less fortunate in an economic boom that tends to hide the presence of poverty. That’s where HOPES CAP comes in.

His one-man journey is now the focus of this sixth book, "Walking the Newark Branch," which recently debuted alongside a documentary.

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

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.

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.

Camden Catalyst is a tech startup pitch competition that will award the winner $25,000 in funding and office space to locate and grow their business in Camden. Applications are due June 30th.