Funds resulting from the sales-tax collections in the Jersey City Urban Enterprise Zone are reinvested in capital improvement and municipal services projects that help our neighborhoods thrive as safer, more attractive, and more business-friendly communities.
Since the establishment of the Jersey City UEZ, $81 million has been reinvested in 107 UEZ projects, generating more than $10.5 billion in capital investments.
Past and ongoing projects include:
Past and ongoing projects include:
- Streetscape Improvements,
- the establishment of the Special Improvement Districts (SIDS) in the Central Avenue, Historic Downtown, Journal Square, McGinley Square and Newark Avenue areas,
- funding that enabled Monticello Avenue Community Development Corporation to apply for and obtain “Main Street” designation
- restoration of historic Apple Tree House
- Closed-Circuit TV (CCTV)
- Gateway Beautification
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