The New Jersey Black Women’s Collective (NJBWC) invites aspiring leaders to apply for the 2025 cohort of the Leadership Institute, a transformative program designed to cultivate and develop the next generation of Black women leaders in New Jersey. Applications are open now, with a deadline of Wednesday, January 8. The program will launch on Saturday, […]
Applications opened Wednesday, January 1, for two grant programs accessible through Mercer County’s Small Business Grant Portal. The Revitalize & Grow Grant and Business Builder Rebates Grant programs are funded by $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, to provide direct aid to Mercer County small businesses in 2025 and 2026. Under ARPA, […]
As people prepare for fresh starts in the new year, some area nonprofits are doing the same, with some new and some familiar faces taking on new leadership positions. Capital Harmony Works Niki Spruill Named Executive Director Capital Harmony Works, a Trenton-based nonprofit organization formed in 2023 through the merger of four youth development and […]
As the new year approaches and, with it, a new presidential administration and shifting policy priorities, leaders in New Jersey are considering how to strengthen laws and services within the state. The public is invited to join the discussion at “State of Protection: Strengthening New Jersey’s Rights in Immigration, Healthcare, Environment, and Law,” a free […]
Princeton University has acquired a West Windsor office building for $33.4 million. The sale closed on December 2 for the 158,180 square foot building at 100 Overlook Center along Route 1. JLL Capital Markets represented the seller, Cali Overlook LLC. Princeton University was the largest tenant of the building, which also houses UBS Financial Services […]
New York City-based communications and consulting firm RF|Binder has acquired Trenton-based Taft Communications. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Taft team, based largely out of its office on Clark Street in Trenton, will operate as “Taft Communications, a division of RF|Binder.” Taft CEO and managing partner Ted Deutsch will now serve as an […]
Mercer County Executive Dan Benson has signed an ordinance establishing a new Mercer County Office of Food Security. The new office will tackle the challenge of food insecurity by identifying and eliminating barriers that stand between Mercer residents and access to a stable diet of nutritious food. “Food insecurity is a silent epidemic, one that […]
BeiGene, a global oncology company that opened a clinical R&D and manufacturing facility in Hopewell Township in July of this year, has announced its intention to change its name to BeOne Medicines Ltd. In a statement issued in mid-November announcing the change, the company noted that the new name is a way of “confirming its […]
The City of Trenton announced on November 26 that it had received a $4 million New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) Local Property Acquisition grant for the revitalization of the former Lafayette Yard Hotel located at 1 West Lafayette Street. The $17 million NJEDA Local Property Acquisition Grant Program was awarded to 12 real estate […]
The Bunbury Fund at the Princeton Area Community Foundation is awarding nearly $13 million in grants to local nonprofits. Earlier this year, The Bunbury Fund launched its 10-year anniversary by announcing a plan to sunset the fund and award a series of large-scale grants to local nonprofits. The unrestricted Sunset Grants are intended to significantly […]