A $325,000 Transit Village grant awarded by the NJ Department of Transportation [NJDOT] will be used to fund a wayfinding signage and construction project, city officials announced via a written news statement Tuesday. “We’re thrilled to be awarded this Transit Village Grant and look forward to creating wayfinding signage that is not only functional, but […]

Mayor John Moor announced via social media that Asbury Park was granted a Transit Village designation and it immediately went viral [locally that is]. “…I am pleased to advise you that the City of Asbury Park has been designated New Jersey’s next Transit village. This is years of policy decisions and staff work that is […]

An upgrade of the city hall complex is back in front of developers interested in transforming the 1 Municipal Plaza facility. The new request not only seeks plans to add a parking garage, commercial spaces and residences to its one block facility along Main Street, it now comes with a new outlined ask for green space, City […]

City officials have begun the exploratory process to upgrade city hall, located at 1 Municipal Plaza. A request for proposal seeks plans to add a parking garage, commercial spaces and residences to its one block facility along Main Street. “It is part of the Main Street Redevelopment,” Director of Planning and Redevelopment Michele Alonso said. The municipal complex […]

Members of the Asbury Park Complete Streets Coalition are not only advocating for bicycle safe streets. The group has grown a grassroots campaign aimed at creating a city-wide street design that takes all modes of travel into consideration. Be it a bicycle, skateboard, wheelchair, car, truck, roller blades or skates, members are lobbying stakeholders to […]