West New York sidewalk sale is this weekend
The West New York Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a sidewalk sale from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 10-13 (Friday through Monday) on Bergenline Avenue between 49th and 64th Streets in West New York. For further information call (201) 295-5065.
A night with the NJ Devils to benefit Hudson County CASA
Hudson County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) has announced a partnership with the New Jersey Devils in their home-opener against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Prudential Center in Newark. Tickets purchased with the Promo Code CASA4 will include entrance to the new Party Zone featuring arcade games, TVs, group seating with other CASA supporters, and a Devils gift. All CASA supporters will be invited onto the ice for a group photo.
Tickets cost $37.51 and a portion of the proceeds will benefit Hudson County CASA. An information table will be available to raise awareness of CASA programs state-wide.
Hudson County CASA is an independent, non-profit organization committed to advocating for the best interests of abused and neglected children. CASA works through trained community volunteers to ensure that needed services are available to foster children while helping to move them toward safe and permanent homes.
Buy tickets at www.hudsoncountycasa.org with Promo Code CASA4.
New Jerseyans abandoning suburbs in favor of urban living
New Jersey’s population has started to contract back toward its urban core for the first time since the end of the second World War, new research shows, in what could mark a death knell for suburban sprawl and foretell significant changes to the fabric of the Garden State.
A new study published by the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University reveals that between 2010 and 2013, Sussex, Warren, Hunterdon and Monmouth Counties all suffered losses during this period. These counties all have one thing in common – they all exist on the far periphery of the metropolitan area – which researchers say is a signal that after decades of outward expansion, people are gravitating back toward cities.
During the same period, New Jersey’s urban counties have been growing at a far faster rate, a pattern mimicked in New York City and the counties of New York state and Connecticut that border it.
Hudson County, for example, has grown by nearly 25,000 people since 2010 after losing more than 90,000 from its population from 1950 to 1980. By contrast, Sussex County lost more than 3,200 people in recent years after posting gains of more than 80,000 from 1950 to 1980.
“The era of moving ever outward is probably now in the past,” said James Hughes, dean of the Bloustein School, and a co-author of the study. “It’s a potential threshold change,” said Joseph Seneca, a co-author of the study and professor at the Bloustein School. “And it carries a great deal of implications.”
Seneca said the shifts are being driven by lifestyle changes within America’s younger generations, who are rising to dominate the workforce as Baby Boomers continue to age toward retirement.
Should the trend continue, it could have major impacts on the state’s economy, infrastructure and real estate markets, he said.