Bayonne Progress Report
MAKING PROGRESS – Since Matt Duran took office as president, the Chamber of Commerce has changed direction, seeking to get more involved with the local community. Growing stronger every day
Bayonne Chamber of Commerce sees increase in membership

Nobody has to tell the Bayonne Chamber of Commerce times are tough. Yet remarkably, changes the chamber has made over the last few years are starting to pay off – perhaps because local businesses...
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SLOW BUT STEADY RECOVERY – Sales of homes may be starting again after one of the worst years for real estate in history. And on the bright side, people are renting instead. Light in the residential real estate tunnel
Bayonne still attractive because of small-town feel

Nobody denies that real estate took a heavy hit in Bayonne and the rest of the country over the last year and a half. But local real estate agents say Bayonne will come out of the downturn in pre...
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STILL MAKING PROGRESS – The Bayonne School District is developing new ways of meeting increasingly strict state and federal benchmarks. One step forward
Public schools make advances even as gov’s cuts loom

Even as economic storm clouds gather on the horizon due to threats that state aid to schools may soon be cut, the Bayonne public schools are still forging ahead. “We don’t know what is going to h...
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HOSPITAL IS GROWING – Expanded programs are part of the success story at Bayonne Medical Center. BMC: going strong
Bayonne Medical Center makes advances

Unfortunately for Bayonne Medical Center, the most recent state report on hospitals in Hudson County is based on data from 2008 – a year when new management took over and began steering the hospi...
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ROOM WITH A VIEW – One of the selling points most raised in development of the former Military Ocean Terminal is this view of the Bayonne Golf Club. While views might be spectacular in every direction, MOTBY remains the great fiscal hope for the city’s future. Gearing up for the future
Progress in Bayonne comes in small steps

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that times are tough. Yet for all of the negative news generated about the troubled national economy, Bayonne appears to be in better position for a fut...
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LOOKING FOR POSITIVE SIGNS – The real estate market in Bayonne suffered sharply in 2008, but some see signs of hope. A silver lining in real estate
Local market may be getting better

The old saying “for every dark cloud, there is a silver lining” may be very true when it comes to real estate in Bayonne. While no one can deny things have been far from good over the past year, ...
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FINDING NEW STRATEGIES – The Bayonne School District is developing new ways of meeting increasingly strict state and federal benchmarks. On the cusp of change
Bayonne public schools hold their own

The recently released annual state report cards on the Bayonne public schools showed marginal setbacks in some areas. Fortunately for the students, these were the result of changing state and fed...
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CLOSED FOR RENOVATION ShopRite will close its doors in order to construct a new facility on 26th Street and Avenue C. Slowdown won’t stop development
Bayonne moves ahead even in sluggish economy

Not even Michael O’Connor, executive director of the Bayonne Economic Development Corporation, will call 2008 going into 2009 a great year for development. With the downturn in the national econo...
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NEW BUILDINGS REPLACE OLD – Luxury rentals are being constructed on the site of former warehouses One small step for Bayonne
BLRA expects people to live at Peninsula development by June

On April 1, 2009, a remarkable thing will happen on the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor (formerly the Military Ocean Terminal). Trammell Crow developers will open its sales office with the expectatio...
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STILL GOING – Bayonne Medical Center made a moderate profit since being taken over by new management last year. In this economy, this is a great success story for Bayonne. BMC: One year later
Bayonne Medical Center in recovery

After a year under new ownership, Bayonne Medical Center can boast that it has a new lease on life. While the future path of the hospital may not yet be paved with gold, it turned a modest profit...
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DOING FINE – Bayonne’s three Catholic schools seem in good shape, despite last year’s struggles. A few prayers helped
Bayonne parochial schools on the mend

A year ago, a Catholic education in Bayonne seemed to be a fading dream. While Marist High School seemed strong with the addition of a new media center and an active recruitment throughout the ar...
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