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NDD Wins International Award from IDA for Geographic Information System

NEWARK DOWNTOWN DISTRICT (NDD) RECIPIENT OF DOWNTOWN MERIT AWARD BY THE INTERNATIONAL DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION

During its most recent annual conference the International Downtown Association recognized the Newark Downtown District with a Downtown Merit Award for its work and initiatives related to its cutting edge Geographic Information System (GIS) technology, designed to maintain their multimillion-dollar Streetscape Improvement Project.

Specifically, the Newark Downtown District’s GIS Technology is a web based Geographic Information System, which combines a public information and education portal with a real-time complaint tracking and asset management solution. Competing against 73 submissions from countries all over the world, the Newark Downtown District won this award as proof of the organization’s commitment to create successful programs and strategies to recruit new businesses or to improve retention efforts in the downtown business district....

Newark Downtown District Launches New Website

Newark Downtown District launches new website (PRESS RELEASE)
Published: Monday, July 05, 2010, 5:00 AM
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The Newark Downtown District (NDD), Newark’s Special Improvement District (SID) of the central business area, has launched an all new, interactive, and completely redesigned website dedicated to inform everyone of the happenings of the Downtown Business District of New Jersey’s largest city.

As some may recall, the NDD made the news in 2007 when it began the still on-going Streetscape Improvement Project, consisting of installing new benches, trash receptacles, planters, tree-pits, signage, pedestrian lighting, streetlights, and decorative banners throughout the downtown district. The most impressive aspect was the funding of the $17.5 million dollar project which...

Grand Opening of "So Excessive" Jewelry Store

Like crossing the threshold into a sophisticated boudoir once occupied by the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe, So Excessive embodies the decadence and glamour of old Hollywood.

“Fashion can be bought, but style is priceless.”

Located at 1212 Raymond Boulevard, So Excessive is a new boutique specializing in unique costume jewelry for the starlet in each of us. Drawn in by the glimmering chandelier, the customer is rewarded with a beautifully illuminated collection of jewelry that adorns the shelves and displays. Bracelets, necklaces, earrings, and rings glitter in every corner of So Excessive, creating an alluring, upscale atmosphere. Owner Keena Williams has always been known by her friends for wearing “excessive” amounts of jewelry, a habit which she has now turned into an entrepreneurial...

CITY OF NEWARK TO HOST SEVENTH ANNUAL “GATEWAY TO A CLEANER NEWARK CITYWIDE CLEANUP” DAY,

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1ST
Volunteers Sought For Annual City Wide Cleanup to Beautify Sites throughout the City

Newark and Clean Communities Council will “Slam Dunk the Junk” from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.Newark, NJ - September 24, 2009 - Mayor Cory A. Booker and Neighborhood and Recreational Services Director Melvin Waldrop announced today that volunteers are needed to participate in the Seventh Annual “Gateway to a Cleaner Newark Citywide Cleanup” on Thursday, October 1st, to break out brooms and bags to clean up litter from Newark’s empty lots in an effort to “Slam Dunk the Junk.”

It’s all part of the Seventh Annual “Gateway to A Cleaner Newark Citywide Cleanup” Day, hosted by the City of Newark, County of Essex, and the New Jersey Clean Communities Council. The cleanup efforts kick off at 8 a.m. at Lincoln Park and will go on until 2 p.m. The event will take place rain or shine. This year...

The NDD Farmers Market

Nothing says summer like the NDD’s Farmers Market in Military Park every Thursday. Check out below, originally posted on Glocally Newark (glocallynewark.com).

http://glocallynewark.com/2010/07/hey-kiddo-try-my-corn/

“Hey Kiddo, Try my Corn.”

An abundance of delicious kettle corn was set up for customers.

“Hey kiddo, Try my corn,” said the man in a straw hat and legit farmer’s tan standing in front of the kettle korn tent. I actually forgot how much I love kettle corn. Underneath the tent two young men wearing off-white aprons stood over large silver buckets and stirred the popping corn.  

I looked around at the kickin...

City and SID Approve $17.5 Million Newark Streetscape Project Largest-Ever SID-Funded Program in New Jersey

June 12, 2007

NEWARK, NJ – With the support of the Booker Administration and Newark Municipal Council, the Newark Downtown District will direct the largest capital project ever to be financed by a special improvement district (or SID) in the State of New Jersey. On May 30, 2007, the Board of Trustees of the Newark Downtown District (NDD) approved financing for a $17.5 million capital project that will remake 56 blocks of downtown Newark, featuring sidewalks and public space improvements starting this summer. The type and scope of this privately financed capital improvement debt by a special improvement district has only been done a handful of times in the U.S. (by the Grand Central Partnership and 34th Street Partnership, both in New York City, and the Center City District in Philadelphia, PA, to name a few).The streetscape project will be financed through an innovative partnership with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) which has approved $10...

DOWNTOWN NEWARK STREETSCAPE PROJECT BREAKS GROUND

NEWARK, N.J. (June 26, 2007)
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) joined Mayor Cory Booker and others to break ground on the Newark Downtown District Streetscape Improvement Project on June 26, 2007. This will be the largest capital project ever to be financed by a special improvement district (or SID) in the State of New Jersey.

On May 30, 2007, the Board of Trustees of the Newark Downtown District (NDD) approved financing for a $17.5 million capital project that will remake 56 blocks of downtown Newark, featuring sidewalks and public space improvements starting this summer. The type and scope of this privately financed capital improvement debt by a special improvement district has only been done a handful of times in the U.S. (by the Grand Central Partnership and 34th Street Partnership, both in New York City, and the Center City District in Philadelphia, PA, to name a few).

The streetscape project will be financed through an innovative...

Urban Areas Benefit from State Funding

Is it time to spruce up your downtown streetscapes? Well, when the time comes, know that the New Jersey Economic Development Authority is on hand to help.A giant project in Newark demonstrates how state funding can help benefit urban areas. When the Newark Downtown District Management Corporation (NDD) decided to remake 56 blocks of the city’s Gateway area and nearly 600 properties—a $17.5-million capital project believed to be the largest ever to be financed by a Special Improvement District (SID) in the state—it called upon the financing capabilities of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA). The project exemplifies Governor Jon S. Corzine’s commitment to stimulate investment in New Jersey’s urban areas and build thriving New Jersey communities.
The streetscape project, which will include decorative street lighting, new street signs, sidewalks and sidewalk treatments, and trees and planter boxes, will be financed through an...