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LIVE UPDATES: Tracking the coronavirus in New Jersey njspotlight.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from njspotlight.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit restaurants harder than almost any other industry in New Jersey.
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority is awarding $14 million in grants to 27 organizations through its Sustain & Serve NJ program.
The program provides grants of $100,000 to $2 million to organizations such as homeless shelters, soup kitchens, hospitals, foundations and food pantries. Those organizations will use the NJEDA grants to make bulk purchases of meals from local restaurants. Those meals will be distributed for free to those in need, including homebound seniors, first responders and those going hungry.
With $14 million in funding, the awardees will purchase more than 1.5 million meals from 160 restaurants across the state.
NJ is helping restaurants survive by buying meals for the needy mybeachradio.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mybeachradio.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
N.J.’s economic recovery must include Black-owned business | Opinion
Updated Mar 01, 2021;
Posted Mar 01, 2021
State Senator Troy Singleton says that as we rebuild New Jersey’s economy following the economic devastation caused by the pandemic, we must ensure that the recovery is inclusive of Black and other minority-owned businesses, which have been ignored, left behind, or left out of economic prosperity in the past.
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By Troy Singleton
Rep. John Lewis, the late congressman, civil rights icon, and fellow fraternity brother, once said that, “Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?