The Asbury Park business community is invited to participate in an update to the recently reinstalled Urban Enterprise Zone [UEZ] – a redevelopment funding program that offers everything from reduced tax credits to debt financing and project improvements in blighted areas. Sen Vin Gopal and James Simmons, the business development representative from the NJ State […]

Senator Vin Gopal Wednesday issued support for two measures that would help fund redevelopment in Asbury Park. First up is Gov Phil Murphy’s designation of two Opportunity Zones in Asbury Park. Under federal guidelines, eligible opportunity zones are census tracts with a poverty rate of 20 percent or a median family income of up to […]

The advocacy for gun control and rally against gun violence lands at The Asbury Wednesday in the form of a Concert Movement to End Gun Violence.   The concert event is a fundraiser in support of advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, held in partnership with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, which […]