The tale of two Ocean Cities: What scale and connection to environment reveal about urban planning
Opinion Urban planning expert Edward T. McMahon once said, “Growth is inevitable and desirable, but destruction of community character is not. The question is not whether your part of the world is going to change. The question is how.” Ocean City, New Jersey...
Choosing your home decor for the holidays
Real Estate Matters No matter where you live, or in what type of home you live in, there is an excitement about “decking the halls” for the holiday season. Even if you don’t choose to deck halls with “boughs of holly,” there are many different things you can do...
‘No Kids Go Hungry’: South Jersey responds to SNAP suspension with community support
With the ongoing government shutdown halting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — which provides food assistance to about 42 million low-income Americans, including roughly 40,000 in Atlantic and Cape May counties — the Community FoodBank of New...
Pleasantville entrepreneur builds the nation’s largest African American-owned bike retailer, gives back to community
Nearly a decade ago, in October 2015, James Bussey turned a simple love of bicycles into what would become the largest African American–owned bicycle retail chain in the country. Freedom City Bike Club, headquartered in Pleasantville, began “humbly,” as Bussey said....
