Jersey City’s UEZ Programs Dealt a Blow as Christie Freezes State Funds
Advocates of the Urban Enterprise Zone program are warning of dire consequences to urban business areas already struggling with the nation’s severe recession if Jersey City loses the $10.6 million that Gov. Christie has frozen.
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Report: Transportation Trust Fund in ‘Massive Spiral of Debt’»A new report from the Regional Plan Association (RPA) says that New Jersey lawmakers need to confront head-on the problem with the Transportation Trust Fund, which is expected to be insolvent by mid-2011. At that point, it is projected that 100 percent of the $883 million collected each year in tolls, taxes and other fees [...]
Mixed Martial Arts Bouts Coming to the Armory»The upstart mixed martial arts (MMA) fight producer Urban Conflict Championship (UCC) has announced it will be staging MMA fights at the Jersey City Armory starting next week.
The first bout, “UCC 1: MERCILESS,” is slated for March 19, and will feature at least nine bouts, including a fight between Ryan Contaldi and Lamont Lister [...]
This summer on the Downtown campus of St. Peter’s Prep, 15 local high school students will take part in the first-ever Metro Arts Summer Institute. The intensive two-week program will be taught by Jersey City artists (and Prep art faculty) Megan Klim and Nguyen Smith, and it’s modeled on the state Governor’s School for the Arts, where Klim taught for several years. The successful arts program became a victim of state budget cutting, and hasn’t been in operation since the summer of 2008.
Furlough Day Will Shut Most City Offices Friday»The furlough day scheduled for Friday, March 12 will close the majority of city offices; the Recreation Department will remain open, as will the police and fire departments.
Here’s the schedule for the remaining furlough days, which will run through June.
The following city offices will be closed on these days:
Friday, March 12, 2010: Administration; City [...]
- Not Many Attendees at Spectra Public Meeting: While the proposal to route a natural gas pipeline extension through Jersey City has drawn criticism from a bevy of politicians and some local residents, turnout was light at Tuesday night’s public informational meeting.
- Council Action: An ordinance to make City Council jobs full-time was removed from [...]
The Port Authority and the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a plan to replace some of the heaviest truck polluters at area ports and completely phase out older trucks in the coming years.
The $28 million program, partly funded by a $7 million EPA grant, is designed to encourage the owners of up to [...]
It’s the economy, stupid.
That’s why the number of public transportation trips in New Jersey and across the United States decreased in 2009, according to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), which on Monday released its annual report on transit-riding statistics.
The total number of trips across the country fell to 10.2 billion in 2009, a 3.8 [...]
The third annual Everything Jersey City Festival has been scheduled for Saturday, May 22, and the Central Avenue Special Improvement District is looking for Hudson County artists to display their wares. The CASID already offers discounts for artists to rent a booth at the festival ($30); now they will give some away for free as [...]
Wednesday Morning News Roundup»- Elections Move Criticized: City clerk Robert Byrne told the City Council this week that moving municipal elections to November could create chaos inside the voting booth and potentially create the need for two separate ballots at the polls. The elections move, allowed by a state law passed early this year, is supported by Ward [...]
Kanibal Home Launching Art Classes»The Montgomery Street boutique Kanibal Home is rolling out some intimate art classes taught by Jersey City’s own James French.
The classes, which begin this Friday, are open to only 10 people. The first lesson is on Scratchboard Drawing — you can take this one on Friday, March 12 at 7:30 pm, or Tuesday, March [...]
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