Posts tagged working-class neighborhoods
The New Newark Part I: Maintaining Momentum for Renewal in a Slowing Economy

Foreclosures are rampant in Newark’s working-class neighborhoods as the credit crisis and economic slowdown threaten the city’s commercial recovery. What will it take to stabilize and invigorate a growth economy and new employment opportunities in a city that is New York’s largest urban neighbor?

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Government & CommunitiesAbigail Kramercity government, communities, credit crisis, economic crisis, economic growth, economic slowdown, economy, employment, foreclosures, growth, low-income neighborhoods, neighborhoods, New Jersey, Newark, policies, politics, public policy, recession, social welfare, urban policy, working-class, working-class neighborhoodsComment