“There’s an overwhelming expectation that current conditions in the United States are pretty good and are going to continue into the future,” James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, told the New Jersey Bankers Association (NJBA) at its annual conference last week. Yet “[t]he state’s economy may be undead but it’s far from achieving a good performance.”
VTC-POET: Springwood Avenue Heritage Walk
Did you know that between the 1930s and 1970s, the West Side of Asbury Park, NJ, was a vibrant hub of African American life and culture? The community, shaped by Black and African American, Italian, Jewish, and Latino residents and business owners, created famous...