Neighborhood Revitalization
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark
What is Neighborhood Revitalization?
Neighborhood Revitalization (NR) is a community development effort that strives to enhance the quality of life for the entire neighborhood and everyone who lives there by nurturing ongoing civic engagement and sourcing resident-driven solutions in order to establish a sustainable, healthy community.
Neighborhood Revitalization Draft Document Now Available For Review And Comment
Our Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program (NRTC) draft document is now available for public review and comment in contemplation of its submission in June 2021 to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for the West & Central Village neighborhood’s proposed participation in the Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit Program.
Those interested in submitting comments about this draft document may contact Giancarlo Di Lonardo, Project Manager at New Jersey Community Capital, at gdilonardo@njclf.com.
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On February 21, 2019, Habitat of Greater Newark opened The West & Central Village Community Resource Hub. The Hub’s mission is to strengthen skills and provide strategies for success based upon community health, safety, youth empowerment, neighborhood-building, and employment—by providing a well-maintained facility, highly trained and motivated staff, and collaborative partnerships with other community institutions. Programs and services offered will directly reflect the needs and aspirations of the community, addressing its socioeconomic challenges.
Programs currently hosted include Identification Restoration, which helps people regain lost or destroyed identification documents such as birth certificates and drivers’ licenses, and our food pantry. To get on the mailing list for news and events at the Hub, email Gabriela Bernal at gbernal@habitatnewark.org.
Initial assessment of community needs through meetings/surveys helped identify these top priorities:
- Community Health
- Crime/Safety
- Housing
- Jobs/Economic Opportunity
- Neighborhood Building
- Youth/Education
Creating and Measuring Positive Change for Newark’s West & Central Village
Our plan, developed with community stakeholders, mobilizes Habitat of Greater Newark’s social capital in the West & Central Village to harness and develop the assets of the community through:
- Partnering with community coalitions, resident leaders, local businesses, and institutions;
- Participating in community project planning and implementation process;
- Mobilizing funding and resources for revitalization;
- Supporting the long-term sustainability of neighborhood revitalization efforts; and
- Evaluating the impact on neighborhood through surveys and aggregated data.
Residents of a community know their hopes and dreams for their neighborhood. Support Habitat of Greater Newark’s community-based neighborhood revitalization work in the West & Central Village of Newark.
