LOOSE ENDS 2/5: Princeton Councilwoman Michelle Pirone Lambros ×
By Pam Hersh
The week of Jan. 18 was jam-packed with two emotionally intense celebrations: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 18 and the inauguration of the nation’s president and vice president on Jan. 20. There was a third celebration, however, that may have lacked the goosebump drama of the inauguration and MLK Day, but nevertheless was significant for Princeton residents. Over a period of three (half) days (Jan. 19, 21 and 22), Downtown New Jersey (DNJ) held its annual conference “Downtown Recovery: Survive and Thrive in 2021.”
Although I was unable to attend the remote conference in real time (I watched the proceedings afterwards via a link on the Downtown NJ website), there was an important Princetonian – Princeton Councilwoman Michelle Pirone Lambros – who was among the 170 attendees. Michelle – unlike me – is in a really good position to take the knowledge gleaned at the conference
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A rendering of the New Jersey Wind Port showing the different phases of development
Since last June, when Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled plans to build the country’s first greenfield port for offshore wind adjacent to the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear power plants on Artificial Island, his administration has issued a steady stream of progress reports affirming ground will be broken on the Salem County project this year.
Initially, the Wind Port would serve as the assembly point for turbines to power offshore wind farms not just along New Jersey’s coast but for projects up and down the Eastern Seaboard.
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Federal Activities:
On January 22, in response to President Biden’s COVID-19 Economic Relief Executive Order, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it would create an online tool to assist households in obtaining stimulus payments. For more information, click
On January 20, the Biden administration issued a
memorandum to federal agencies and executive departments that places a regulatory freeze on reviewing new or pending rules. One rule recently finalized and currently pending is the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s rule on access to banking services provided by national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign bank organizations. For more information, click