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The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) is asking residents of the Garden State especially those struggling with food insecurity and those living in food deserts without easy access to fresh, nutritious foods to share their insights and ideas.
Residents can respond by 11:59 p.m. May 17 by visiting www.njeda.com/bidding/#OET and clicking on the tab that reads Economic Transformation Requests for Information.
The NJEDA is working with Gov. Phil Murphy s office, the NJ Division of Community Affairs, and NJ Dept. of Agriculture to implement the Food Desert Relief Act signed into law by Murphy in January.
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) is asking residents of the Garden State especially those struggling with food insecurity and those living in food deserts without easy access to fresh, nutritious foods to share their insights and ideas.
Residents can respond by 11:59 p.m. May 17 by visiting www.njeda.com/bidding/#OET and clicking on the tab that reads Economic Transformation Requests for Information.
The NJEDA is working with Gov. Phil Murphy s office, the NJ Division of Community Affairs, and NJ Dept. of Agriculture to implement the Food Desert Relief Act signed into law by Murphy in January.
The law directs the NJEDA to address food insecurity and other needs of underserved communities across the state by providing up to $40 million a year for six years in tax credits, loans, grants and technical assistance to increase access to nutritious foods and alleviate food deserts.
Feds give $1.9M to N.J. towns, state EDA to clean up environmental hazards
Updated 11:28 PM;
Salem City has been awarded an $800,000 federal grant to clean up its historic Waterfront Industrial Zone, the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection said Wednesday.
The money is part of a total of $1.9 million granted to Salem, Hainsport, Trenton and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority by the federal Department of Environmental Protection to clean up brownfield sites, according to an EPA news release. Nationwide, 151 communities received 154 grants totaling $66.5 million.
Priority sites in Salem include the Tri-County Oil site at 1 Front Street, the 6-acre Aluchem heavy industrial site at W. Broadway, and the McCarthy’s Bar site at 190 Griffith Street, the release said.
State approves rules, eyes May apps for $1.1B corporate tax break program May 12, 2021
12:32 pm
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s board on May 12 approved interim rules for a $1.1 billion corporate tax break program meant to act as a cornerstone for the state’s post-COVID economy recovery.
Called NJ Emerge, the proposal is capped at $1.1 billion a year for six years, with a seventh potential year for any unused tax credits.
It’s part of the mammoth $14.5 billion economic incentive program Gov. Phil Murphy signed in early January, which he, business leaders and state lawmakers contend will shape the course of New Jersey’s economy amid its reopening.
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