Sustainable Jersey today announced that the City of Asbury Park was selected to receive technical assistance, funded by New Jersey American Water, to complete a new Sustainable Jersey Action: Municipal Water Story.  “At New Jersey American Water, we work to protect the viability, integrity and resiliency of water supplies and water and wastewater infrastructure in our […]

The Asbury Park City Council and administration will host a second public discussion on affordable housing. In the midst of formulating a comprehensive affordable housing plan, the administration invites public input during a 6 pm Oct 11 meeting at the Asbury Park Senior Center, located at 1201 Springwood Avenue. Currently an ad hoc committee comprised […]

After months of planning and weeks of readying desolate plots of land for planting, a new Art Park is taking shape between Atkins Avenue, Avenue A, and Borden Avenue in the southwest neighborhood of Asbury Park. Funded through the $500,000 Choice Neighborhoods grant awarded to the Asbury Park by the federal Housing and Urban Development […]

Food trucks, a public art gallery and new vendors are all a part of an immediate plan to revamp the municipal-owned Transportation Center, located at the corner of Main Street and Springwood Avenue. In a presentation to the City Council Wednesday, Planning and Redevelopment Director Michele Alonso said the plan was launched in part because […]

The Asbury Park City Council made the first step to approve a redevelopment plan for Brownfield site that sat vacant for more the 20 years. Brownfield refers to contaminated sites deemed in need of remediation. Once the home of Finks Plastics, the First Avenue and Langford Street site is owned by Mark Adjmi and his […]

Constructing a new park with a focus on giving youth an opportunity to create art has landed on the discussion table in Asbury Park. City Officials are inviting the community to weigh in on the creation of an Art Park 6 p.m. Jan 30 at the Asbury Park Senior Center, located at 1201 Springwood Avenue. […]

The City of Asbury Park will be featured during next week’s New Jersey Planning Conference, being held from Jan 25 to 26 at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick. “This is a great opportunity to highlight to professionals and policy makers throughout the state what makes Asbury Park special and the work we are doing […]

This fall, Asbury Park became one the 72 communities across the state to earn a Sustainable Jersey certification, a feat celebrated last month during the Annual League of Municipalities Conference.   What that means for the 1.4 square mile city along the Jersey Shore is the ability to expand on its green initiatives, officials said. […]

A proposed residential project with ground floor retail will serve as an example of what affordable housing in Asbury Park could look like moving forward, Asbury Park Director of Planning and Redevelopment Michele Alonso said. “This is a precursor for when [or if] we adopt a citywide affordable housing plan via ordinance for  inclusionary housing,” […]

The Asbury Park City Council will meet Tuesday in Council Chambers, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. There will be a 4 p.m. closed executive session. The public meetings begin at 6 p.m. with a  workshop session and is followed by the 7 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting. Public participation takes place at the beginning of […]