17 vo-tech CTE projects to get $220M in funding in ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to reshape...
There was $40 million for a career and technical education project at the vo-tech in Atlantic County, approximately $25 million for projects in Bergen and Middlesex counties, and more than $15 million for efforts...
Peapack-Gladstone Bank names new lending leader
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp. and its subsidiary, Peapack-Gladstone Bank, have named a new lending executive for the bank, they announced this week.
Neil Viotto will serve as senior vice president as well as director of residential...
NJ FAM Fund gets ‘substantial’ funding commitment from Bank of America
When Ras Baraka announced the formation of the NJ FAM Fund back in September, it came with a symbolic name — FAM stands for “40 Acres and a Mule” — and a hope that...
Applications for Emerge (successor to Grow NJ) are now being accepted
Applications for the Emerge program, the jobs-based tax credit program created under the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020 that administration officials feel is a better version of the old Grow New Jersey...
Newark, looking to create affordable housing that actually is affordable, invests $20M in program
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said the numbers don’t add up. Nearly 60% of Newark residents spend more than one-third of their income on housing — and about half of that number has to spend...
M&T donates $75K to effort to help Black entrepreneurs recover from pandemic
M&T Bank has donated $75,000 in seed money to help the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development at Rutgers University launch a new fund to help Black entrepreneurs recover from the effects of...
America is on strike — and it has nothing to do with unemployment benefits
For those of you that follow the whirlwind of the U.S. economy lately, you know that the April Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report painted a bleak picture of the country’s employment situation. In...
Brother survey: Businesses, on average, spending $34K in effort to regain productivity
Most New Jersey businesses experienced a loss in productivity during the pandemic — and now, they are spending an average of $34,000 on new technologies to increase it.
That was one of the big takeaways of the “Back to work in...
EDA reopens preregistration for Phase 4 of Small Business Grant program
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority reopened preregistration for Phase 4 of its Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program on Wednesday morning — but, please note, if you already have registered for the grant...
D&B names two C-suite execs
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings Inc. has named a pair of C-suite executives, it announced this week.
The Short Hills-based provider of business data and analytics said in a news release that Virginia “Ginny” Gomez has...
