The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) announced an agreement with the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) to provide a $10 million low-interest rate loan through the Downtown Living Initiative Program (DLIP) to RPM Development of Montclair, New Jersey in support of its Van Sciver project in the City of Trenton.
Mayor Reed Gusciora and the Trenton City Council announced plans to demolish 20 dilapidated properties along Sanford Street. The project would utilize funding from the Neighborhood Redevelopment and Revitalization Pilot Program (NRRPP), a state reimbursement program
Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora and the Trenton City Council have been at the forefront of some significant changes. It was announced that Arch Liston, the Mayor's Chief of Staff, resigned. However, on Thursday evening, it was reported that Liston was under consideration for the top spot as the director of Trenton Housing and Economic Development. And late last month, the Trenton City Council overwhelmingly appointed Steve Wilson as the Police Director.
A coalition of small business owners announced the launch of the Garden State Liquor Retailers’ Association (GSLRA), an organization dedicated to safeguarding the interests of family-owned businesses, particularly minority and immigrant entrepreneurs in the liquor retail industry.
A recently released national study claims that a person will hear that historically and notoriously bigoted and racist statement in Trenton, NJ, than anywhere else in New Jersey
Hundreds of unionized nurses, healthcare workers, community advocates and elected officials gathered in Trenton to urge Governor Phil Murphy and legislative leaders to pass and sign NJ-S304/ A-4536 – which will mandate enforceable staffing ratios in every hospital in New Jersey.
