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The New and Improved Jersey City is on the
Rise!
Angela Marie
Perkins
The new and improved
Jersey City is on the rise! If you haven’t noticed, beautiful new homes are
surfacing, new businesses are developing, businesses are moving into our
city, the rise of the waterfront and its expansion is evident and even the
development of charter schools are offering the “new millennium” way of
teaching. The spirit of “away with the old, and in with the new” is
budding.
This “new spirit”
has been passed on to our neighborhood homeowners. They are not only taking
pride in their property but in the entire neighborhood as well.
In the Greenville
section of Jersey City, one Neighborhood Block Association recruited a group
of volunteers to clean the streets within their neighborhood. The petition
was not only for the homeowners to get involved in this project, but anyone
who would like to voluntarily participate was recruited for the day. There
were no limitations; anyone who caught on to this “spirit” to clean was
welcomed.
This project
initially began with the intent of cleaning within the property lines of the
homeowner, but extended to cleaning in front of a neighbor’s property, who
for some reason could not or did not have the time to become involved in
this project. The project grew to also include any area that needed
cleaning.
Another group was
recruited to clean the small community parks. The cleanliness of our
neighborhood gives our children a safe and secure environment to play
without the “eye sores” of garbage lying around.
Hats off to the
volunteers who participated!! Your involvement proves that our residents do
care. But the long-term goal should be to change the mindset of our
residents so that these wonderfully planned projects will become second
nature.
Angela Marie Perkins
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