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Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka Opens the City’s Third Community Storefront in the North Ward

Contact: Cheryl McCants, 646-872-2377, cmccants@eimpactconsutling.com  Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka Opens the City’s Third Community Storefront in the North Ward More than 45 Newarkers have been able to establish businesses as a result of this entrepreneurial initiative. July 20, 2016, Newark, N.J. – Mayor Ras J. Baraka participated today in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the…

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Newark Announces Five-Year Tax Abatement for Business Development and New Construction Throughout Various City Neighborhoods

Media Contacts:      Cheryl McCants, CMcCants@eImpactConsulting.com, 646.872.2377 and Marjorie Harris, Press Secretary, Harrisma@ci.newark.nj.us, 973.733.8004  The City of Newark Announces Five-Year Tax Abatement for Business Development and New Construction Throughout Various City Neighborhoods — areas outside of the downtown district, airport and seaport benefit from tax ordinance —  January 11, 2016, NEWARK, N.J. — Mayor Ras J….

Newark Toys and Coats: Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Newark CEDC host their  Annual Toys & Coats Holiday Spectacular
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Newark Toys and Coats: Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Newark CEDC host their Annual Toys & Coats Holiday Spectacular

Media Contact: Cheryl McCants, CMcCants@eimpactconsulting.com, 646.872.2377 MEDIA ADVISORY Mayor Ras J. Baraka, West Ward Councilman Joseph McCallum and Newark CEDC host their Annual Toys & Coats Holiday Spectacular NEWARK, NJ – Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (Newark CEDC) President and CEO Otis Rolley and West Ward Councilman Joseph McCallum partner to give…

Newark Arts Facility Breaks Ground
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Newark Arts Facility Breaks Ground

MEDIA CONTACT:     Cheryl McCants, cmccants@eimpactconsulting.com, 646-873-2377 (c) Groundbreaking for Arts Facility in Newark’s Lower Clinton Hill Neighborhood November 16, 2015 — Newark, N.J. Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark’s Department of Economic and Housing Development and the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (Newark Community EDC) today announced the transformation of a long-abandoned bank building into an arts…

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Newark’s Model Neighborhood Initiative Houses Homeless Family

MEDIA CONTACTS:     Cheryl McCants, cmccants@eimpactconsulting.com, 646-873-2377 (c); Erich Timmermann, erich.timmerman@jpmchase.com, 212-622-4080 (o) Newark’s Model Neighborhood Initiative Houses Homeless Family The city of Newark, NJ, JPMorgan Chase and NJ Community Capital team up with local contractors to renovate abandoned and foreclosed homes November 11, 2015 — Newark, N.J. — As part of a $1 million grant…