[CPEO-BIF] Jersey City’s Morris Canal CDC: Persistence Pays Off

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Jersey City’s Morris Canal CDC: Persistence Pays Off

Lenny Siegel

September, 2012

Today, more than a dozen years after its formation, Jersey City’s Morris Canal Community Development Corporation is on the verge of verifiable success. Its Pacific Landing project, containing eight affordable housing units plus a new office for the CDC, is almost completed. The new building is a testament to the persistence of MCCDC President June Jones, its board and staff, and their financial, development, and legal advisers. The tortuous process of designing, funding, and winning approvals for the project has prepared the group for larger projects that are on its horizon. It also stands as a warning to other communities: One has to be prepared for a continuing barrage of unforeseen obstacles to build one’s own project.

To download the five-page, 3.7 MB PDF, go to http://www.cpeo.org/pubs/JCPersistence.pdf

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Lenny Siegel

Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight

a project of the Pacific Studies Center

278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041

Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545

Fax: 650/961-8918

<lsiegel@cpeo.org>

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