More than 45 Newarkers have been able to establish businesses as a result of this entrepreneurial initiative
July 20, 2016, Newark, N.J. – Mayor Ras J. Baraka participated today in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the City’s third community storefront located at 216-218 Bloomfield Avenue in the North Ward. This previously vacant storefront will be home to more than a half-dozen, budding entrepreneurs who have recently completed the program’s mandatory, 12-week Community Business Academy designed and delivered by the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (Newark Community EDC) in partnership with Rising Tide Community Capital.