Share/Save City Hall will go green Saturday, as it plays host to the third annual Sustainable Cities Conference and the first ever Green Fair. The day of eco-activities has come together through a joint effort of the city, the Jersey City Food Co-op Initiative and Rising Tide Capital (in conjunction with its Global Entrepreneurship Week). [...]
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.
Share/SaveThe Healy administration announced today that Jersey City has received a total of $13,577,602 in federal grant money via the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The largest allocation is from a $7,105,628 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG). The city says this will be used to fund about 60 nonprofit programs, and to fund [...]
Share/SaveThe federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced this week that New Jersey City University (NJCU) will receive $599,916 in the form of a Hispanic-serving Institutions Assisting Communities (HSIAC) grant. The NJCU grant is part of $6.5 million being given to 11 institutions across the country. NJCU says it will use the funding [...]
Share/SaveJersey City-based nonprofit Rising Tide Capital is getting ready to launch another round of its Community Business Academy, which offers hands-on training in the fundamentals of starting, operating and improving a small business. As part of the groundwork for this fall’s 11-week course, a mandatory orientation and information session is scheduled for Monday at Grace [...]
Share/SaveJersey City’s Alfa Demmellash and Alex Forrester will receive honorary doctorate degrees from New Jersey City University (NJCU) at the school’s commencement ceremony on Wednesday, May 12, at the IZOD Center in the Meadowlands. Demmellash and Forrester are the co-founders and CEO and COO, respectively, of Rising Tide Capital, the Jersey City nonprofit that supports [...]
Share/Save- Police & Fire Contracts Voted Down: The City Council voted against ratifying contracts for both police and fire unions last night in a testy meeting. In other council action, a resolution asking the state to draft a law establishing fees on college students for use of city services was also voted down. Look for [...]
Share/Save Rising Tide Capital’s Community Business Academy earlier this month graduated the largest class in the program’s five-year history. The graduating class featured 39 entrepreneurs with business ideas covering everything from organic shaving cream to restaurants to daycare centers. “We will be there to continue to assist and support you as you continue on your [...]
Share/Save- Freeholder Bill O’Dea is putting forward a resolution that would sever the contract for health services at the county jail, but the item might get tabled before it has the chance to be voted on. The contract in question was the subject of a lawsuit alleging that the county had violated state pay to [...]
Share/SaveEditor’s note: There will be no News Roundup tomorrow; we will return Friday morning. Enjoy your holiday. – Mike McCabe, the court-appointed site administrator, detailed the master plan for cleaning up a number of chromium-contaminated sites Monday night during the first public meeting of the Chromium Cleanup Partnership. – Jersey City Medical Center has begun [...]
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