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Annual Downtown NJ Conference: “The Value of Downtown”

October 18, 2019 – Downtown New Jersey’s annual conference and New Jersey’s premiere economic development event, “The Value of Downtown: Capitalizing on Your Assets to Realize Success”, offered insights into downtown management best practices, as well as development, business and retail market trends.

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2019 Downtown Excellence Awards

October 18, 2019: Downtown New Jersey celebrated initiatives that have made a major or sustained impact on downtown economic development in New Jersey at an awards ceremony during its annual Downtown Conference at the Westminster Arts Center in Bloomfield, NJ.

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Every Town for Themselves! Banning Single Use Plastic Bags, Straws and Styrofoam Containers

Banning Single Use Plastic Bags, Straws & Styrofoam Containers

September 9, 2019: What do California, Connecticut, Hawaii, New York and the District of Columbia have in common? They have banned single use plastic bags. While New Jersey was on the verge of leading the ban against plastic bags in Spring of 2018, the bill was vetoed by Governor Murphy because it was not strict enough.

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