Share/Save The sounds of live music will return to Journal Square this summer, with six free outdoor concerts scheduled for May and June. The live music series, which was launched in 2005 and had expanded through 2009, was completely canceled last year due to the state budget’s impact on Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZs). While the [...]
Share/SaveA bill that would make it easier for mixed-use projects near transit hubs in Jersey City to get extensive tax credits was approved by both the state Assembly and state Senate earlier this month. The measure, which was sponsored by Hudson County Assemblyman Ruben Ramos and five other legislators in the two houses, would extend [...]
Share/Save Hudson County Community College (HCCC) will officially become the newest tenant of the Journal Square PATH Plaza with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new Welcome Center Tuesday morning. The 1,900-square-foot space at the top of the escalators, which was previously used by a travel agency, will offer information on the college seven days a [...]
Crossing Route 139 by foot during morning rush hour — a feat required to get from my home in the Heights to the Journal Square PATH — should be done only after ingesting caffeine. Dodging cars in that messy intersection requires cat-like reflexes and a certain level of awareness. Beau Cafe, a new coffee shop on Summit Avenue, helps prepare commuters for their daily trek, but as one of the shop’s managing partners explains, it does much more than that.
Share/SaveEach year, one week before Thanksgiving, the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness co-sponsor National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, a nationwide effort to bring greater awareness to the problems of hunger and homelessness. To coincide with the week, one Jersey City homeless-outreach group has put together [...]
Share/Save A much-needed 15,000 square feet park in a mostly industrial area near Journal Square will officially open to the public Thursday after a formal dedication and Veterans Day ceremony. The park, which was built by the developers of the CANCOlofts across the street (who have dubbed it CANCOpark), will include open green space, landscaping [...]
Share/SaveAmong the many bills on the state Assembly’s legislative agenda today is one that could make it easier for mixed-use projects near transit hubs in Jersey City to get extensive tax credits. In 2008, the state passed the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Act as a mechanism to stimulate economic development in New Jersey’s cities. [...]
Share/SaveThough it has been opened for use by students and staff since late August, Hudson County Community College’s (HCCC) newest Journal Square facility will have its official Grand Opening ceremony on Monday. The 25,000 square foot building at 2 Enos Place (officially named “Building J”) underwent a $5.7 million head-to-toe makeover this past year. The [...]
Share/SaveJersey City is now home to Hudson County’s first Sylvan Learning franchise, as Anthony DiGiacomo recently opened a Learning Center in Journal Square. DiGiacomo and a bevy of local officials will celebrate the milestone with a grand opening celebration this weekend. “Sylvan’s tutors teach skills that last a lifetime,” DiGiacomo says in a statement. “We [...]
A much-needed 15,000 square feet of green space is coming to a mostly industrial area west of Journal Square, thanks to a high-end condo development.
CANCOlofts announced this week that construction has begun on the new park, located across the street from its main building on Dey Street. In the inverse of the famed Joni Mitchell song, the park will replace a parking lot there, and it is slated to be finished and opened to the public by the end of October.
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