Published: April 16, 2013

Four Newark neighborhoods to be examined

The city of Newark and a number of city groups have received funding to perform a study into ways to improve the commute between job locations and four Newark neighborhoods.

The grant, one of three announced last week, is being disbursed by Together North Jersey, which is working to develop a sustainabilty plan for a 13-county region of the state. As part of this effort, communities are receiving funds and technical help for “local demonstration projects,” or LDPs.

Newark’s LDP will look at ways to increase walk-to-work and transit-accessible living wage job access from four target neighborhoods in Newark.  The objective is to identify strategies for improving connections between residents in the target neighborhoods and living wage work, with the goal of moving the neighborhoods closer to becoming stable, thriving, mixed-income communities.

The project will be launched this month, Together North Jersey said in a statement.

Other groups partnering in the effort are La Casa de Don Pedro, the Urban League of Essex County, Ironbound Community Corp., Greater Newark LISC, Episcopal Community Development and the Community Development Network of New Jersey.

Other recipients of grants include Hoboken, which will study how to develop an environmentally friendly infrastructure plan, and Jersey City, which will study ways to improve pedestrian and bicycle access in the McGinley Square area.