With a growing number of people operating businesses at home, some Hunterdon County communities are rolling out the welcome mat for enterprising entrepreneurs.
Historic Borough of Flemington, N.J., Attracts 16 Small Businesses in 2020
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Despite COVID-19, retailers and restaurants opened and expanded in the historic borough; this comes as the community begins redevelopment efforts
The historic Borough of Flemington, in the heart of Central New Jersey, had 16 new-business openings between 2020-21. (Image courtesy of Flemington Community Partnership.)
“We continue to explore ideas of how to promote and support our local businesses, focusing on our many boutiques, cafes and other shops, and pursuing the larger, long-term, community-appropriate redevelopment and revitalization, said Flemington Mayor Betsy Driver. FLEMINGTON, N.J. (PRWEB) February 16, 2021 Despite economic challenges presented by COVID-19, the historic Borough of Flemington, N.J., announced that 16 retail businesses have opened in the 1-square-mile borough in the past 12 months, 13 of which a
Flemington teams with global design firm for $100K project to reinvigorate downtown
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
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Flemington has hired an international global design firm to re-envision and revitalize its downtown environment.
This project is funded by the $100,000 Opportunity Zone grant awarded by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority in November of 2019, which the Flemington Opportunity Zone Partnership applied for earlier last year.
Flemington is designated as an opportunity zone, established under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to encourage long-term investment seven years at minimum in low-income and rural communities by providing federal tax incentives to investors.
Flemington, N.J., Plans Vibrant, Walkable Downtown Core with Help of $100K Opportunity Zone Grant
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Global design firm, Stantec, hired to reimagine and revitalize the borough’s central corridors
The initiative is led by the borough’s mayor and council, the Flemington Community Partnership, the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce and the Hunterdon County Office of Economic Development.
“The generous NJEDA grant and ongoing planning efforts allow Flemington to kick-start a wave of beneficial economic activity as an Opportunity Zone,” said Mayor Betsy Driver. FLEMINGTON, N.J. (PRWEB) December 14, 2020 The historic Borough of Flemington, N.J., the seat of Hunterdon County, announced it has hired global downtown development experts, Stantec, to reinvent its downtown core. Stantec is gathering extensive community input for its plan to revitalize the borough’s business districts and improve over