The City of Asbury Park’s Community Development Department has launched a new initiative to help residents cited with code violations make needed repairs. The Home Repair Program, funded by the Community Development Block Grant, helps Asbury Park homeowners receive up to $5,000 in grant funding to fix their properties in order to come into compliance […]

The fight to restore the embattled West Side Community Center advanced last week when a group, identifying themselves as the Committee to Save the West Side Community Center, called for an investigation and immediate appointment of a receiver to take on temporary control of the DeWitt Avenue nonprofit. The 27-page letter and report, dated Dec […]

The Asbury Park Housing Authority has announced phase two of the Boston Way demolition is set to begin. “We are glad to be getting underway,” Chief of Staff Daniel Gibson Jr said. “The asbestos is out and we are ready to take the building down now.” The $28 million project, located at Memorial Drive and […]

A first glimpse at what will become the new Boston Way was unveiled Monday night during the Asbury Park Planning Board meeting. The Housing Authority redevelopment will bring 104 new low income rental units to the long stagnant 4.1 acre site located along Memorial Drive and Sylvan Way. The project, headed by Jersey City-based Metro […]

With this summer’s over $20 million Community Development Block Grant funding moving housing development forward, the city’s revitalization shifts to its west side neighborhoods. The funding supports the Renaissance Village development of 64 residential units on the vacant lots between Memorial Drive and Atkins Avenue as well as the Asbury Park Housing Authority’s Boston Way […]

Community related news, announcements and events: National Night Out events are being held Tuesday evening in Asbury Park, Deal, Ocean Township and Neptune. The free event was created as a way for law enforcement and their support agencies to unite with the public, local business, youth and other local organizations in order to heighten a […]

Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. announced Wednesday Asbury Park is among four communities who received U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants for community and economic development. The grants total $5.7 million and include funding through HUD’s Community Development Block Grant [CDBG]. “This federal investment in our congressional district will spur economic growth and […]

The West Side Community Center is set to receive new restrooms through community development block grant [CDBG] funding. The CDBG grant program is run by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]. The city received some CDBG money in 2009 that has not yet been spent, city manager Terence Reidy said. The boys’ […]