Hi All,

Photos from our roundtable discussion in Jersey City, Workable Cities: Community Development are up! Thank to everyone who attended for generating an engaging dialogue on how politics and economics have impacted community development work in Newark and Jersey City. Special thanks to New Jersey Community Capital and University of Orange for sponsoring the event. 
Photos courtesy of Maulin Mehta.

Mass Urban hosted the second Workable Cities breakout event on May 29 in downtown Jersey City. We had four participating speakers: Prof. Tony Schuman of NJIT , Dr. Bob Zdenek, Baye Wilson--founder of the Newark-based Lincoln Park Coast Cultural Group, and Debra Italiano--founder of the Sustainable Jersey City network. The event was an informal roundtable discussion that focused how economics and politics have impacted community development efforts in Newark and Jersey City.

The discussion also highlighted the need for more holistic community development  models that integrated environmental, social and financial factors, as well as bringing together stakeholders such as public officials, social services agencies, and local citizens. Photos from the event will be posted on our Facebook page and website soon! Special thanks to New Jersey Community Capital and the University of Orange for sponsoring the event. 

Plan It Newark!
Interested in getting involved with a hands-on project and learning more about Newark? Join Mass Urban co-founder, David Lee, in helping out with the Plan It Newark! (PIN) initiative,  a planned permanent exhibition aimed at helping Newark residents understand the development process and advocate for their neghborhood and city, featuring a scale model of the entire city. The PIN Project Architect, Jae Shin, is currently planning to host a evening workshop for young professionals at New Jersey Institute Technology and Mass Urban has been asked to help set up a workshop team. We want to ask if you the members of our mailing list would be interested in participating in the workshop and future PIN events. If so, contact David at [email protected]. 

Got an upcoming event or need help with a project? If so, get in touch with us at [email protected]. We'd be happy to hear your ideas and discuss how we could help out or promote your work/organization. 

We just had our second Workable Cities workshop, focused on how public policy and economics have impacted communities in the NJ/NY region.