Plainfield snags $100K innovation grant from Economic Development Authority

Plainfield is one of only 5 communities
to win competitive grant.

Plainfield won a competitive $100,000 Innovation Grant from the NJ Economic Development Authority, the agency announced last week.

Plainfield was one of only five communities statewide to be given a grant in the second round issued by the agency (the others were Newark, Hoboken, Paterson and Cape May County).

The grants are part of Gov. Phil Murphy's plan for making New Jersey "the State of Innovation".

According to the City's application --

The city will conduct a technology-needs assessment of the community’s underutilized and vacant industrial and commercial properties. The goal of the assessment will be to determine the feasibility of creating a network of commercial, industrial and mixed-use corridors within the city so that it can be an epicenter of New Jersey’s innovation economy.

Hoboken, Paterson and Newark all mentioned partnerships with higher education institutions and private business as part of their project design, something that was strongly highlighted in the transition plan for Mayor Mapp's first term.

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  -- Dan Damon [follow]

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