Category Archives: Community

Ironbound Community Corporation Receives Funding for Major Family and Neighborhood Revitalization Initiatives

Wednesday, 14 May 2008 – 5:26 pm

Ironbound Community Corporation Receives Funding for Major Family and Neighborhood Revitalization Initiatives
The ICC receives a $750,000 grant from the Wachovia Regional Foundation for its East Ferry Neighborhood Revitalization Plan. This is fantastic news for an organization that does great work to strengthen the community.
More details about the grant and the ICC after the [...]

By Ken | Also posted in East Ward, Helping, News Clips | Comments (0)

Destination Newark

Saturday, 10 May 2008 – 11:25 pm

It’s always tough fighting discouragement about a city that, despite all the good news, perpetually seems to have an awful story brewing just under the surface. I want to believe in a rejuvenated Newark where I and others can raise families in confidence of the future.
With summer here, the crime rate has begun [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Helping, Opinion | Comments (4)

Local Investor Seeks Partners to Buy St. James Hospital

Thursday, 8 May 2008 – 12:51 pm

TDN received a tip from a reader that a local investor is looking to buy out St. James Hospital from Cathedral Health Systems. Readers might recall that the hospital shut down acute care services as a result of the sale from Cathedral Health Systems to Catholic Health East.
The article appears a bit [...]

By Ken | Also posted in East Ward, Health | Comments (1)

Star Ledger: Jerseyans spend their Saturday showing they care about Newark

Sunday, 4 May 2008 – 7:01 pm

Jerseyans spend their Saturday showing they care about Newark

Lameira was among more than 1,200 volunteers from across the state who gathered in Newark yesterday to help beautify the city’s schools and parks in the 10th annual Jersey Cares Day.
Volunteers from corporations, local organizations and communities worked together to paint, garden and clean 10 sites around [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Children, Environment, Helping, News Clips, Schools | Comments (0)

New York Times: As Newark Rebuilds, Help From Beyond City Limits

Sunday, 27 April 2008 – 3:04 pm

As Newark Rebuilds, Help From Beyond City Limits

A number of the city’s new benefactors are wealthy individuals who say they are motivated by the messenger as much as by the message. Mr. Ackman described his first meeting with Mr. Booker as one of the most inspirational of his life. Mr. Katz was charmed by him [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Cory Booker, Development, Education, Environment, Government, Helping, News Clips | Comments (0)

City Hall: Hip-Hop Pioneer ‘Crazy Legs’ Comes to Kennedy Recreation Center for Youth Breakdancing Competition, Saturday, April 12

Friday, 11 April 2008 – 11:55 am

City Hall: Hip-Hop Pioneer ‘Crazy Legs’ Comes to Kennedy Recreation Center for Youth Breakdancing Competition, Saturday, April 12

Mayor Cory A. Booker announced today that more than 40 breakdancing high school students from around North Jersey will clash in the “B-Boy Crew” breakdancing competition at John F. Kennedy Recreation Center, on Saturday, April 12, at Noon. [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Children, Events, News Clips | Comments (0)

NJ.com: ACLU, activist groups say Newark violates free speech

Friday, 22 February 2008 – 10:38 pm

NJ.com: ACLU, activist groups say Newark violates free speech

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey and two community activist organizations are taking Newark to court again, claiming the city hasn’t complied with a judge’s 2004 order to stop requiring $1 million liability insurance for public-demonstration permits.
“We can’t fathom why Newark hasn’t simply changed its [...]

By Ken | Also posted in City Hall, News Clips | Comments (0)

New York Times: In Newark, Children Reclaim a Playground’s Meaning

Wednesday, 20 February 2008 – 8:22 am

New York Times: In Newark, Children Reclaim a Playground’s Meaning

At a community meeting at the school on Tuesday night, students who participated in redesigning the schoolyard, in collaboration with landscape architects and the Trust for Public Land, unveiled the plans.
The plans include a running track, a synthetic-turf playing field, basketball courts and a learning garden. [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Architecture, Children, Development, News Clips, Parks | Comments (1)

City Without Memory

Wednesday, 13 February 2008 – 6:00 am

The demolition of the Westinghouse building is moving eastward slowly along Orange Street towards the former site of WJZ, a landmark in the American broadcasting history. According to Tommy Cowan, the radio station’s first announcer, “My Little Gypsy Sweet Heart” was the first show aired in 1921.

Memories are roses in the rain.
Days [...]

By Zemin | Also posted in Architecture, Development, History | Comments (3)

New York Times: Planning for Newark’s Next Big Step: An Apartment Tower Near the Arts Center

Friday, 18 January 2008 – 7:29 am

New York Times: Planning for Newark’s Next Big Step: An Apartment Tower Near the Arts Center

Now, 10 years after he cut the ribbon on the $187 million arts center, Mr. Goldman, its president, is selling another dream: a shimmering tower opposite the arts center that would bring downtown Newark its first new residential construction in [...]

By Ken | Also posted in Architecture, Central Ward, Development, News Clips | Comments (0)