Left to right: Shaquella Jones of LUXE LIFE Group; Nelson Espinoza of IBN Construction; Central Ward Councilwoman Amina Bey; Warren R. Thompson, Jr., Community Organizer, LPCCD; Mozell Baker, Finance Coordinator; LPCCD; Susan Austin, Director of Real Estate Development, LCCD; Mayor Ras J. Baraka, City of Newark; Anthony Smith, Executive Director, LPCCD, South Ward Councilman Patrick Council; LPCCD Board Member Theresa Marshall; West Ward Councilman Dupre’ Kelly; and Kelly Schenk, Director of Redevelopment, City of Newark. – courtesy Pam Owens Photography
The Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 6 marking a milestone in its community-driven real estate development efforts with the unveiling of a newly completed two-family home at 68 Sherman Ave. in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Newark.
The event brought together civic leadership, development partners, and community stakeholders — including Mayor Ras J. Baraka, South Ward Councilman Patrick Council, Invest Newark leadership, development partner IBN Construction and LPCCD’s Board and partners — to celebrate the first completed home within LPCCD’s Scattered Sites Housing Development initiative…