The City Council has approved a rent control ordinance which would limit rent increases in covered units to 3.5 percent annually. If the inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index [CPI] exceeds 3.5 percent, then rents would be capped at the CPI.  The vote was 5-0.  The issue was suddenly elevated when the […]

Asbury Park Dinner Table — an Asbury Park-based nonprofit founded last year in response to the devastation of COVID-19 on the City’s hospitality industry, as well as individuals and families struggling financially — has been awarded a grant of $108,000 through the Sustain & Serve grant program administered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority […]

Master waterfront redeveloper iStar is donating approximately 6,000 square feet of land to Asbury Park for a public pocket park. Located at the intersection of Cookman Avenue and Heck Street, the new park will serve as a passive amenity for residents and visitors as they approach Asbury Park’s mile long oceanfront. The community park will include two […]

After listening to input from landlords and affordable housing advocates, the City Council is scheduled to introduce its own rent control ordinance at tonight’s council meeting.  “We’re doing this because this is a council policy in the end, and we decided let’s dig down and let’s get it done,” Councilwoman Eileen Chapman previously told the […]

Renowned New York City restaurant Patsy’s is scheduled to open a pop-up restaurant in the Berkeley Hotel on February 5 to run through the end of April for a trial run. So far, the trial has been a success — and the place hasn’t even yet opened.  Just from initial press coverage, the restaurant is […]

The City of Asbury Park has received a $250,000 Monmouth County Municipal Open Space Grant [MOSG] for improvements to the Sunset Lake Park and the Springwood Avenue Park, according to a news release issued by the city. Monmouth County awarded a total $3.47 million in grants to parks in 23 municipalities through the 2020 MOSG […]

Solar Landscape, a solar energy company based in Asbury Park, today announced it has made an agreement with the Asbury Park Board of Education to implement a solar energy program for city schools, according to a news release issued by the company. The goal of the program is to establish a solar energy system that […]

The Asbury Park Property Owners Coalition have sent an open letter to the City Council and the public outlining the position of city landlords regarding a public referendum on a rent control ordinance proposed by the Asbury Park Affordable Housing Coalition. The referendum would be held April 20. The five-member committee of petitioners who submitted […]

The Asbury Park City Council has announcd that the Visiting Nurses Association of Central Jersey (VNA) will be using the Asbury Park Senior Center, located at 1200 Springwood Avenue, as an additional Covid-19 vaccination distribution center beginning Monday, January 18. Currently, the VNA is distributing vaccines at their location at 1301 Main Street in Asbury […]

The Asbury Park Democrats saw a dramatic change in leadership as four-term Municipal Chair Giuseppe “Joe” Grillo (above) stepped aside and Angela Ahbez-Anderson was unanimously elected Chair of the Asbury Park Democratic Committee. Pedro Trivella was elected Vice Chair.  “The Asbury Park Democrats are a voice for our city’s values of progressive civic and political […]