Newark is the fastest growing city in the Northeast, leading the nationwide trend of people migrating into cities. The Wall Street Journal ran a piece describing the demographic aspect of this move—boomers and millennials, mostly—and identifying higher energy prices as one of the main reasons for this trend.
The Journal (and a similar CNN piece [...]
I had the opportunity to speak with Celia King and Laurel Dumont from Leadership Newark, a non-profit organization designed to develop and enhance leadership skills of individuals committed to the City of Newark. Leadership Newark has been in Newark for over ten years, bringing individuals into two-year fellowships where they are given the chance [...]
Jonah Gensler from the Ironbound Community Corporation was kind enough to chat for a few minutes for the Daily Newarker. As mentioned before on the blog, the ICC provides services to residents in the Ironbound including a preschool, community organizing, and community planning. I spoke with Jonah about:
the shipping containers in the East [...]
Bicycle Mark at Citizen Reporter was kind enough to get in touch a few days back and get my thoughts on the closure (or, it seems, loss of services) at Saint James Hospital.
Citizen Reporter: The Threat of Hospital Closings in Newark
Why are two very needed hospitals in the city of Newark, NJ under threat of [...]
I had the opportunity to speak with Jerome and Marylou Bongiorno yesterday evening about their film Revolution ‘67, which has been making headlines in New Jersey for its portrayal of the “summer of discontent” in Newark. The civil disturbance took the lives of 26 individuals and caused millions of dollars in property damage in [...]
After seeing Tritonic mentioned in a positive New York Times article on Newark, I asked the owners if they’d be willing to get together for a discussion on their experience coming to Newark and starting a small business here. They agreed, so we’re kicking off our first video podcast in a series entitled Doing [...]
WBGO has podcasted their Newark Today show from last Thursday, and it’s an excellent interview with Mayor Cory Booker. We have to hand credit to David Cruz for jumping fearlessly into the issues of the past few weeks, asking Booker for responses to Ron Rice’s recent win in the state senate primary, and the [...]
WNYC has an audio piece covering the Ironbound’s Portuguese and Brazilian heritage and the Portugal Day festival which, by the looks of things on Ferry Street, is already well underway: The Ironbound: The Past, Present and Future of Newark’s Portuguese Community.
We’ve got the audio feed linked below, so just press play to hear the story:
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