With hundreds of new housing opportunities set to open within the next two years along the Springwood Avenue corridor in southwest neighborhood, the City and Asbury Park Community Action Network have organized an Informational Housing Meeting. Being held from 11 a.m .to 2 p.m. Jan 27 at St. Stephen AME Zion Church, located at 1001 […]

The first Super Safe Summer event in Asbury Park event is scheduled for Saturday, June 14 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the future site of the Springwood Avenue Park, between Union and Atkins avenues. The event will highlight all the summer programs available to the city’s youth. The event is free and open to the public. […]

Leaders of the The Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] hosted a bus tour of the city’s West Side Friday. AP CAN is a grassroots initiative led by faith-based groups in the city. It was started in November of last year in response to a spate of shootings that occurred in the city. The bus tour […]

In order to get a better picture of the city’s housing and crime issues, members of the Asbury Park Community Action Network [AP CAN] and city officials have agreed to go on a bus tour of the city streets together. The goal is to give network leaders and city officials a clearer picture of what […]

Organizers of the November “Summit to End Violence” in Asbury Park held their second meeting Saturday at St. Stephen AME Zion Church. The first Summit to End Violence brought law enforcement officials, politicians, business owners and other city stakeholders together in November to address the underlying causes of violence in Asbury Park: health, law enforcement, jobs, housing and […]