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MEDIA ALERT
Mayor Ras J. Baraka Breaks Ground for The Residences at Symphony Hall
WHO: Mayor Ras J. Baraka, City of Newark
Deputy Mayor Baye Adofo-Wilson, Dept. of Economic & Housing Development
Councilwoman Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins, Central Ward Councilperson
Bruce Morgan, President of BCM Affordable Housing
WHAT: Groundbreaking for The Residences at Symphony Hall; a 60-unit, affordable, rental-community. The four-story building, situated on a vacant brownfield site, will contain 20 one-bedroom and 40 two-bedroom units, 25% percent of which will be set-aside for residents with special needs; six units for individuals with mental illness and nine units for individuals who are homeless with a disability. The remainder of the units will provide housing to the growing artistic community in the City’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 7, 2016
1:00 pm
WHERE: 359 Halsey Street
Newark, NJ
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