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Hamilton Square resident Renuka Vijayanathan was featured in The New York Times in this week's "On The Hunt" feature written by Joyce Cohen.  Read the article by following the link to find out about Renuka's home buying experience at Hamilton Square. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/20/realestate/20hunt.html 

Next Step Broadway, a children's dance and performing arts school, has opened in its new location on the north side of Hamilton Square (on 9th Street between McWilliams and Erie).  The ribbon cutting ceremony (pictured) and grand opening occured on December 6th. Hamilton Square is excited to welcome Next Step Broadway to the building! For more information on NSB, visit their website http://www.nextstepbroadway.com.

Eric Silverman, developer of Hamilton Square and co-principal of Exeter Property Company was recently interviewed by WNYC as a part of their Main Street NYC series featuring Jersey City's Grove Street. 

Listen to the radio interview or read the full text here!

From the moment she finds out she's expecting, a new parent's mind begins to construct a fantasy of the perfect place to build a nest: a community that's safe, nurturing, stimulating, and economically sound. A neighborhood where parents reflect your values — education, health and fitness, concern for the environment — and raise their children the same way. The kind of place where a child can slip on her rubber boots, grab her colorful umbrella, and play on the quiet, tree-lined street outside her home without worry.

The editors of Children's Health wanted to find where in America such places existed and how we can make the communities we live in today more like that ideal, so we embarked on a comprehensive statistical analysis to rank 100 noteworthy American cities scattered across the country. We considered more than 30 factors that parents deem vitally important, including crime and safety, education, economics, housing, cultural attractions, and health. (See the criteria used.) When we crunched the numbers, these were the cities that best complemented family life.

Visit this site to read the full story

In an election season event that reached far into the future, Gov. Jon Corzine joined officers of the Manhattan-based Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. Tuesday to announce the company is moving its business operation and 1,600 jobs across the Hudson River to Jersey City – in 2013.

Under the terms of the long-term lease, Depository Trust will relocate to the Newport Office Center on the city's Gold Coast waterfront with employees expected to begin work there in early 2013. Depository Trust will occupy a total of 415,000 square feet of space.

On Thursday, October 20th, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Hamilton Square will be sponsoring a Halloween Pumpkin Patch for local school children.  Free pumpkins, apple cider donuts, and hot cocoa will be available for kids of all ages. Stop by next Thursday to join in on the fun!

Last week, members of the HPNA met with the Division of Architecture to review overall progress for the Hamilton Park renovation. Soil contamination notwithstanding, the renovation of the park appears to be going well. A great deal of progress has been made and the renovation is on schedule to complete by late fall (although the schedule may be impacted by the contamination clean-up).

The following tasks have been completed:

• Tree removal
• Underground flood basins
• Curb and Sidewalks on 8th, 9th & West Hamilton
• Water & Sewer work on 8th Street
• Underground Electrical Work
• Drainage & Inlet work
• Light pole foundations
• Sanitary Sewer lines
• Wet taps & Water lines

Which leaves:

• Fountain (partially complete)
• Spray Park (partially complete)
• Light poles (partially complete)
• Dog Runs (partially complete)
• Basketball & Tennis courts Playgrounds
• Amphitheater Gazebo & Community Garden (partially complete)
• Fencing
• Interior sidewalks
• Fine grading
• Landscaping & cleanup
  

Information courtesy of the Hamilton Park Neighborhood Association Blog. Read the full post here:

http://www.hamiltonpark.org/ 

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