HUD programs

Asbury Park

Southwest Neighborhood Revitalization Plan Underway

Public collaboration welcomed to help erase entrenched disparities

By Michelle Gladden


Former Housing Authority and municipal court employee Rosalie Skinner is known around as ‘Judge Judy,’ due in part for 93-year-old’s life long tenacity for protecting her Asbury Park neighborhood. The 93-year-old was the first to speak up during this week’s Asbury Park West Side Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan meeting. “That building didn’t used to be […]

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Jul 22, 2017
Asbury Park

City awarded $387,000 Community & Economic Development Grant

Earmarked for municipal projects and Westside Community Center

By Michelle Gladden


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 […]

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Jul 22, 2015