Wednesday, 24 September 2008 – 12:01 am
Working with What We Have
Back from the Green Summit, blogger Pamela considers the implications of limited resources on the Green economy, and just what type of business or non-profit willbenefit from grants and investments in green technology and techniques.
The millions of non-profit dollars available must be awarded to those who produce results. Micro-businesses must understand [...]
Tuesday, 23 September 2008 – 12:01 am
Two years ago, one sunny summer day I went with my family to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Along the verdant slopes of the brook where my two children were building dams, I shared my bench seat with another parent, a father from Brooklyn, it turned out. As we conversed, I discovered that he [...]
Tuesday, 16 September 2008 – 7:52 am
It is good to be green!
The Mayor shares his experience at the Green Summit (hat tip: Green Jersey). I’m seeing more and more expectations that the green movement — similar to the dot com boom (and hopefully minus the bust) — is capable of producing innovation that will ultimately create jobs and drive finance [...]
Monday, 15 September 2008 – 11:54 pm
Theraputic Value
Nina Pilar was blogging from the Newark Green Summit and offers some insight on how the city is looking to the Green movement to generate jobs for Newarkers.
Carl Heafner of the Trust for Public Land spoke about the new industry - the “Green Collar” sector. (He wasn’t the only one who used the term; [...]
Sunday, 14 September 2008 – 3:44 pm
As a guy who has lovingly been called a “tree hugger” and a “granola” by his friends, and was told to become a “florist” and a “landscape designer” instead of an architect by his professors, one would think that I approached this weekend’s Green Future Summit with anticipation. Unfortunately, after being at odds with [...]
Saturday, 13 September 2008 – 11:32 am
The American Dream is a Green Dream. —Cory Booker
On a hot summer night a few years ago, I rushed my son to Newark Beth Israel Hospital for an asthma attack. Along the way to cross the town, block after block of vacant land and decayed industrial buildings registered the city’s scars from the treacherous [...]
Monday, 28 July 2008 – 12:55 am
“$28.8M plan makes recreation a priority in Newark”:http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2008/07/post_18.html
The Ledger details the parks plan “previously announced by City Hall”:http://dailynewarker.com/2008/07/22/new-parks-coming-to-newark/. The excitement about new and rehabilitated parks was palpable among those present when Booker noted this in his “State of the City address”:http://dailynewarker.com/2008/02/08/state-of-the-city-spindown-its-all-about-momentum/ earlier this year.
We live in walking distance of Independence Park, which has had [...]
Tuesday, 22 July 2008 – 1:32 pm
“Unknown substance sickens dozens in Newark”:http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/unknown_substance_sickens_doze.html
Creepy hazmat situation in the West Ward.
Emergency responders were called around 11:25 a.m. to the six-family, three-floor apartment building at 521 S. 17th St. after residents complained of light headedness, sore throats and itchy eyes. The building was evacuated.
The city’s Hazmat team is investigating. A crew from PSE&G was [...]
Tuesday, 22 July 2008 – 12:41 pm
Jesse Allen Park
I received a flyer from the City Hall the other day describing the new parks coming to the city. The city is partnering with philanthropists to bring playgrounds, sports fields, pools and walkable green space to Newark neighborhoods.
h3. Mayor Cory A. Booker and the City Council create the largest historic fund for [...]
Wednesday, 16 July 2008 – 7:55 pm
Rat-tainted chicken was sold in Newark store
This is just horrifying.
A Newark man pleaded guilty in federal court today to wholesaling poultry from a store in the city’s Ironbound section that had been gnawed on by rats and tainted with rodent feces, urine and hair, authorities said.
Ben A. Abit, the owner of Triple A Foods and [...]
