If attention is good, then Jersey City has done well in recent weeks. From bayonne boxes to doughnuts, this city’s getting some ink.
Jersey City Business and Economics
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Employment in Jersey City Bounces Back Strongly Post Pandemic
According to a new study, employment in Jersey City has made a strong comeback following a big uptick during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Upscale Cannabis Comes to Jersey City
If all goes according to schedule, a high-end cannabis dispensary will open next spring on a rowdy section of Christopher Columbus Drive downtown.
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Landmark Celebrates a Milestone and Pushes Ahead with the Albion Hotel
With restaurants and hotels throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Frank Cretella already had reason to celebrate. But reaching Landmark Hospitality’s 20th year in Jersey City seemed like a special milestone worthy of a party. And party he did. On August 24, friends, family, staff and local dignitaries, including Senator Sandra Cunningham, Former New Jersey Governor […]
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Cannabis is Raising Millions in Tax Revenue for New Jersey
New Jersey raked in $4.6 million in tax revenue in the first 10 weeks since recreational cannabis sales launched.
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Trouble in Paradise
A troubled “CBD Outlet” on the Newark Avenue Pedestrian Mall that has highlighted the difficulty of balancing marijuana legalization and quality of life has been shuttered by authorities over building code violations.
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Local Breweries Plead for Help in Fighting New State Regulations
Jersey City’s two craft beermakers — like their brethren from around New Jersey — are in a big brouhaha with state regulators over a “special ruling” they say threatens their livelihoods and that the state says was crafted to balance the interests of New Jersey’s restaurants.
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Business Profile: Modcup Coffee Makes a Name for Itself in the Industry
Jersey City’s Modcup Coffee is garnering raves among java cognoscenti by sourcing, roasting, and brewing beans from the world’s great coffee regions — Ethiopia, Columbia, Yemen, Bali, Costa Rica and beyond.
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Oishii Opens Huge Indoor Strawberry Farm in Jersey City
Japanese agricultural technology company Oishii announced today the opening of a 74,000-square-foot indoor vertical farm in Jersey City to grow its “Omakase” variety of strawberry.
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Tough New Plastic Bag Ban Goes Into Effect Today
Beginning today, New Jersey retail stores may not provide single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers.