You should be able to find special surprises for anyone left on your gift list at one of the special shopping events going on around Jersey City this weekend. First up is tomorrow’s Holiday Sidewalk Fair from 2 to 6 pm in Downtown Jersey City. The event, which is being put together by the Historic [...]
Local Jersey City businesses new, old and in the works will be in the spotlight this week, as the second-ever Make My City week runs concurrently with the third annual Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Illustration: Amanda Assadi-Rullow, based on a concept by Local First West Michigan and data from Civic Economics. For a larger version of the chart, click here. Owning a small business anywhere is hard enough, but our big-sister city to the east can make it even harder to do it in Jersey City. After all, how [...]
The second annual Made in Jersey City Day, designed to showcase the work produced by local small businesses, entrepreneurs and craftspeople, is taking place Wednesday, June 16 from 11 am to 4:30 pm in City Hall. This year’s installment will recognize — and feature locally produced items from — the Jersey City companies Body Cafe, [...]
Studies show that dollars spent at locally-owned businesses feed the local economy much more than dollars spent at those that aren’t. “Most businesses — local and nonlocal — hire local people and pay taxes. But locally owned businesses contribute significantly greater levels of income, wealth, jobs, taxes and charity to a community.”
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