The City of Newark Love Your Block Program connects residents with City departments and community organizations to implement neighborhood-level beautification and community-building projects. The overall goal of the Love Your Block program is to prevent blight and revitalize our neighborhoods one block at a time.

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‍Meet the Love Your Block Grantees

2024

Central Ward‍

• Brothers Building a Better Nation
• Cherish Your Neighborhood
• Israel Memorial Team
• Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District
• Rz (Raise) The Flags

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North Ward‍

• Clark Street Block
• Iglesia Christiana Emmanuel Inc.
• Northwest Developers
• STEAM URBAN Farms & Gardens

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South Ward‍

• Aisha & Harper Domestic Violence Foundation
• Girard and Randolph Place Block Association
• Newark Community Street Team
• South Ward Youth Landscapers with Weequahic Park
• Street Sweepers
• Urban Agriculture Cooperative

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East Ward‍

• Greening the Streets in the Ironbound

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West Ward

• Abbotsford Neighbors
• Abbotsford Artisans for Autism Collaborative
• Bridging the Blocks Association
• Circle of Life Shelter
• Forest Hill Curbside Beautification Team
• OGBN
• Pine Grove Center
• Push Healing & Helping Together
• Rare Gems
• Sanford Place Block Association & Friends

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Multiple Wards

• Mount Prospect Heights Community Garden (North & Central Ward)
• I Blossomed in Newark (North, East, Central Ward)

2023

South Ward

• Rabbit Hole Farm
• Pomona Avenue Promenade

West Ward

• Abbotsford Neighbors Beautification
• Sanford Place Block Association and Friends Inc.

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‍2021

South Ward

• The Culture Spot
• Pomona Avenue Promenade

Central Ward

• Murals-Market-Music
• Lincoln Park Gallery Without Walls

West Ward

• Abbotsford Neighbors Beautification

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2020

South Ward

• Garden of Life

Central Ward

• The HUBB

West Ward

• Norwood Haven Redesign!
• Neighbors Who See Something and Say Something
• Eastern Parkway Sidewalk Beautification Project
• Beautiful Mead Street
• The Late Bloomer Project - Cut the Block

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2019

‍South Ward

• L.I.F.T. As We Climb, Inc.
• Union Chapel Community Development Corporation
• Giving One Tenth
• South 17th & 18th Streets Neighborhood Association
• The City of Newark Youth Working Group
• Schley Street South Blitebegone
• Avon Avenue School

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‍How to apply for a Love Your Block grant:  

The 2024 Love Your Block mini-grant cycle is now closed.  Use link this for the most up-to-date information on the 2025 funding cycle.

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‍Application materials:

• ‍Grant Rubric
• Love Your Block Ordinance‍
• LYB Informational Presentation

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2024 Deadlines & Dates to Remember:

• Application portal open for submissions:  Monday, July 1, 2024 through Thursday, August 15, 2024 at 11:59pm‍
• Selection Committee Review Period: August-September 2024‍
• Grantee Announcement: October 15, 2024
• ‍Project implementation period: October 15, 2024-December 15, 2024
• ‍Final grant documents due: December 30, 2024

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For more information contact:

Claudia Rungo

Community Engagement Coordinator & Love Your Block Program Manager

The City of Newark Office of Sustainability

rungoc@ci.newark.nj.us

(973) 877-9587

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