accessibility and encourage bike traffic throughout the community. Hale highlights, “The process that we’ve been working on downtown, of doing little developments that lead to big things, is what we’re hoping to have happened up on Woodbridge and Upper Raritan Avenues as well.” HOUSING AS A CATALYST “We absolutely think that housing is essential to our economic development efforts, because it’s this consulting service to upgrade their awnings and facades and we have been able to offer these businesses grants to help them cover the costs,” Hale reports. Highland Park is also partnering with the county and the New Jersey Department of Transportation on infrastructure projects, including road improvements for Woodbridge Avenue and a “road diet” for Upper Raritan Avenue – all part of the Borough’s ongoing Safe Walking and Cycling initiatives to enhance Rendering of Tract C Redevelopment Project 149 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 01 HIGHLAND PARK, NJ
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