Lincoln Park Community Farm has expanded it’s variety of produce offerings! The NEW selection of vegetables and herbs include: Beans, Snow Peas, Sugar Snap, Cabbage (purple and green), Chard, Cucumbers, Eggplants, Kale, Leeks, Mustard Greens, Peppers (green, yellow, and red bell; Anaheim Chile; Cayenne; Sweet Hungarian), Tomatoes, Zucchini, Leafy Greens: Red, Green, and Oak Lettuce, Arugula, Bok Choy, Watercress, Potatoes, Yams, Onions, Horse Radishes, Turnips, Carrots, Beets, Herbs: Sage, Lemon Thyme, Parsley, Basil, Cilantro, Oregano, Mint, Lemon Balm, and Rosemary.

“The Lincoln Park Community Farm offers Newark’s residents, families and workers access to high quality, nutritious food that is not available or affordable at local supermarkets. Plus our farm is downtown so you can easily walk, ride or bike here,” says Baye Adofo-Wilson, Executive Director of LPCCD.

Location
Lincoln Park Community Farm
18 Beecher Street, Newark, NJ. One block from Lincoln Park, just behind the church facade on Lincoln Park and Broad Street.

Become a member
Call Rob. W at 973-732-4003 or email robw@lpccd.org

Learn more about Lincoln Park Community Farm
Visit our blog: Click here
Watch our 2010 launch video: Click here
View our photo slideshow:Click here
Read more from The Star Ledger: Click here

About Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District
Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c (3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is a national best practice in sustainable urban development. The project includes 125 LEED United States Green Building Council certified units, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

Media Contact: Kimberlee Williams, FEMWORKS, 973-494-9705, kwilliams@femworksllc.com

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Desirable Affordable Housing That Is Perfect for Artists To Live And Work

15-17 Lincoln Park

18-28 West Kinney Street

LPCCD was awarded a Low Income Housing Tax Credit Award to build affordable housing, comprised of one-, two- and three-bedroom rentals that are USGBC LEED Gold. The collection of four apartment buildings are scattered between four different sites. The first building at 18-28 West Kinney Street is already completed. The second building, located at 65 Lincoln Park, is on schedule to be finished this month. The third and fourth buildings, located at 39-43 Beecher Street and 15-17 Lincoln Park, are scheduled to be completed in June 2011. Download the housing application directly at www.LPCCD.org or call 973-732-4008.

39-43 Beecher Street

Rental prices start at $691 to $945 a month. The income requirement for a one-bedroom ranges from $23,520 to $35,200; for a two-bedroom income ranges from $28,260 to $43,950; and for a three-bedroom the range is $29,640 to $51,000. Presently, units are being rented on a first come, first serve basis and interested applicants should call 973-732-4008 or go to www.LPCCD.org and download the application.

65 Lincoln Park

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The 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival “Afternoon of Jazz” Celebrates Newark’s Influence on the Genre

Newark, N.J., July 30, 2010 — July 30th is officially Newark Jazz Composers and Musicians Day in the City of Newark when the Jazz All-Star Newark Arkestra hosted by Amiri Baraka opens the 5th Anniversary Lincoln Park Music Festival on Friday, July 30, 2010 from 12pm – 2pm. The All-Star Newark Arkestra will invoke the “Tickler’s Town” spirit of Newark’s past and perform a historical overview of Newark Composers and a concomitant sampling of Great Ladies of the music. The Afternoon of Jazz at the 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival will go back to early in the century with Willie The Lion’s Smith “Echoes of Spring”, and Besse Smith’s great “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out”, to James P. Johnson’s “Charleston”. The All-Star Newark Arkestra will highlight the great Ethel Waters and the mood of the period with the song that made her famous “Taking a Chance on Love” and “Cabin in the Sky” from the marvelous film. For more information and a complete list of this year’s performances and attractions for seniors, families and children, visit http://www.lpccd.org/mf2010.

This will be a concert of swinging memory and funky education that revives Billie Holiday ‘s “Strange Fruit” and Ella Fitzgerald singing Ellington’s “Beginning to See The Light”. The Arkestra will pay tribute to Newark composers and cover James Moody’s “Moody’s Mood for Love”, Babs Gonzalez & Dizzy Gillespie’s “Oo Pappa Da” and bring back the “Divine One” Sarah Vaughan singing her BeBop version of “Lullaby of Birdland”. More music by Newark’s great hipsters include Wayne Shorter’s “One By One” and “Hipnosis” by Grachan Moncur III. The modern age and BeBop zone will converge with a sing out to Abbey Lincoln and Thelonious Monk of “Blue Monk”. The Newark All-Stars will also pay homage to two Newark icons, Woody Shaw with a big band version of ” Rosewood” and Larry Young Jr’s “Mother Ship”. There will also be a fully contemporary introduction of Adegoke Steve Colson’s “The Outcast”.

About the Jazz All-Star Newark Arkestra
Produced by Amiri Baraka, the All-Star Newark Arkestra Band Leaders and Musical Directors are Billy Phipps, Adegoke Colson and Musicians Leo Johnson, Grachan Moncur, James Gibbs, Jay Starks, Steve Phillips, Robert Banks, Anthony S. Nelson, Jr., Alfred Patterson and Vocalists Pat Tandy, Yvette Glover, Amina Baraka, Carrie Jackson, Ronnel Bey and Iqua Colson.

About Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District
Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c (3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is one of the nation’s best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes 125 LEED United States Green Building Council certified units, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

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The Retrospective Photography, Film and Multimedia Art Exhibit About The Lincoln Park Music Festival Will Be On View July 29 – October 2

NEWARK, N.J., July 29, 2010 – State Farm Insurance and Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District host the opening reception for “Reflections” an exhibit about the Lincoln Park Music Festival on Thursday, July 29, 6-9pm at the Russell Aldo Murray Gallery. Reflections, curated by Tony Graves & Akintola Hanif, is a retrospective look at the festival over the last four years and features works by Tamara Fleming, Tony Graves, Akintola Hanif, Jaecyne Howell, and Stafford Woods and a priceless collection of photos by Vincent Bryant taken from 1972-1978 at Newark’s legendary Zanzibar nightclub. DJ Max Jerome provides a kaleidoscope of sound for the reception. The exhibition and opening reception are part of the 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival activities. For a complete festival details visit www.lpccd.org/mf2010.

WHAT: Opening reception for Reflections ” an exhibit about the Lincoln Park Music Festival

WHEN: Thursday, July 29, 6:00pm – 9pm

WHERE: Russell Aldo Murray Gallery, 460 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102

WHY: Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c (3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is one of the nation’s best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes 300 LEED United States Green Building Council certified units, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

Media Contact: FEMWORKS, 973-494-9705

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NEWARK, N.J., July 19, 2010 – Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) joined by Joe Atchison of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, Jazz trumpeter James Gibbs III of the 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival, FEMWORKS, and Newark’s Harvest Table Restaurant launched the Lincoln Park Community Farm (LPCF) last week. Paying only $20 a week, a long list of residents have become members in the farm’s community supported agriculture (CSA) program. Through the CSA, city residents receive a share of the harvest every week from July through late September 2010. “The Lincoln Park Community Farm is an impressive example of what urban farming can be in New Jersey,” stated Joe Atchison. Membership in the farm is available on a rolling basis. Visit www.lpccd.org for the application or call Rob W at 973-732-4003.

“The Lincoln Park Community Farm CSA program gives residents an affordable alternative to expensive organic produce at supermarkets and it addresses the dearth of fresh produce available in many of Newark’s neighborhoods,” says Baye Adofo-Wilson, Executive Director of LPCCD. Lincoln Park Community Farm uses raised-bed and hydroponic farming methods to yield an array of vegetables, fruit, and herbs including: Zucchini, basil, oregano, Thyme, Kale, Collards, red and green lettuce, romaine, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, mustard greens, okra, cucumbers, radishes, beans, beets, broccoli, chard, watermelon, cantaloupe, and carrots.

Volunteer opportunities are available for teenagers and adults. Volunteers will operate the distribution site, harvest, and provide general farm maintenance. To become a volunteer, call Rob W. at 973-732-4003.

About Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District
Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c(3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is one of the nation’s best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes 125 LEED United States Green Building Council certified units, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

Media Contact: Kimberlee Williams, Marketing Director, FEMWORKS, 973-494-9705

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Join us at the Lincoln Park Community Farm on July 14, 2010 6-8pm // 18 Beecher St. Off of West Kinney. One block from Lincoln Park, just behind the church facade.

MEDIA ADVISORY
For July 14, 2010

Fresh, Organic, Affordable Food is Available Through the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program

NEWARK, N.J., – Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) will host a launch event for its latest green lifestyle initiatives, the Lincoln Park Community Farm and “Get Your Share” community supported agriculture (CSA) program, on Wednesday, July 14 from 6pm-8pm. The Lincoln Park Community Farm is an affordable resource for fresh food, locally grown in Newark. A membership in the CSA is only $20 a week and Family First cards are welcome. The launch event features “Jazz at Sun Set” with trumpeter James Gibbs III sponsored by “An Afternoon of Jazz” at the 5th Annual Lincoln Park Music Festival, delicious summer-time drinks, and a variety of delectable healthy hors d’oeuvres sponsored by Harvest Table Restaurant of Newark.

The array of nutrient rich produce available at the Lincoln Park Community Farm includes: zucchini, kale, collards, red and green lettuce, romaine, eggplant, tomatoes, peppers, mustard greens, okra, cucumbers, radishes, beans, beets, broccoli, basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, chard, watermelon, cantaloupe, and carrots.

You are invited!

WHO: Entertainment:
James Gibbs III, Jazz trumpeter

Speakers:
Baye Adofo-Wilson, Executive Director of LPCCD
Joe Atchison, Marketing Specialist, NJ Department of
Agriculture 

Invited Speakers:
Mayor Cory A. Booker, City of Newark
Donald M. Payne Jr., President, Newark Municipal Council

WHAT: Kick-off event for the Lincoln Park Community Farm and the “Get Your Share” community supported agriculture program.

WHERE: 18 Beecher Street, Newark, NJ. One block from Lincoln Park, just behind the church facade on Lincoln Park and Broad Street.

WHEN: Wednesday, July 14, 6:00pm – 8:00pm

WHY: Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District is a non-profit 501c(3) organization with a mission to plan, design and build a comprehensive arts and cultural district in the Lincoln Park/Coast area of the City of Newark, New Jersey. Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is one of the nation’s best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes 125 LEED United States Green Building Council certified units, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate.

Media Contact: Kimberlee Williams, FEMWORKS, 973-494-9705, kwilliams@femworksllc.com

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Newark, NJ, October 21, 2009 – Art in The Atrium (ATA) opens on Thursday, October 22 and kicks off the 2009 annual “Open Doors” Art Festival. The ATA opening includes an opening reception on Thursday, October 22, and after-party at Brick City Bar and Grill, and concluding on Sunday, October 25, in Newark. Featured works are by Chris Cumberbatch, of Above the Surface Design, located in Long Island, NY, also an ATA exhibiting artist whose focus is on eco-friendly, sustainable products. The showcase, located in the LPCCD “green” building at 460 Washington Street, Newark, is free and open to the public. The hours for the weekend are Thursday and Friday, 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Sunday, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

For ATA, the Open Doors Weekend event is a pre-show activity in advance of its 18th annual art exhibit and sale of fine art by African Americans in Morristown, the largest show of its kind in New Jersey. The collaboration with LPCCD is an opportunity to spotlight the work of Chris Cumberbatch as an emerging artist and to increase the visibility of Art in The Atrium to northern New Jersey audiences.

Lauren Craig, a spokesperson for ATA states, “We are excited at Art in the Atrium, Inc. about our participation in this year’s Open Doors event. ATA has enjoyed a long-time connection to the Newark art community through Newark native, the late Russell A. Murray, a prolific artist who was an ATA founder and curator and a teacher at West Side High School, as well as through the many artists that live and work in Newark who have exhibited in our annual exhibition for the past 18 years.”

Many of Cumberbatch’s works are painted on found objects, using Mystic paint, an environmentally sound product. The exhibit includes sculptural trees and large wall hangings. The artist explained, “My focus is the duality of eco-consciousness and spiritual consciousness. It’s an awareness of the richness of the earth and all that it contains for humanity…I want to hit a pulse of …emotion and spirit by fusing figures and nature, especially trees.”

Mr. Cumberbatch’s firm, Above The Surface, provides creative designs in decorative painting—wall illusions that resemble stone, marble and granite, and colorful murals—for several celebrity clients, among whom are Comedian, Actor, Radio Personality and Author, Steve Harvey; Singer/Rapper and Actor LL Cool J, and Sean “Diddy” Combs, legendary rapper, screen and stage actor and successful entrepreneur.

Anthony Smith, director of LPCCD Community Affairs and Operations said, “Lincoln Park is leading the way in eco-urban development. The environmentally-friendly art of Chris Cumberbatch is directly related to the LPCCD mission to develop an urban eco-arts district. When ATA expressed a desire to collaborate with us in presenting this artist’s body of work to this year’s Open Doors event, we agreed with enthusiasm, viewing it as an opportunity for broader exposure for the important work that is underway in the Lincoln Park Arts District.”

Art in The Atrium, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer art organization founded in 1991 and is tax exempt under Federal Tax Regulation 501(c)(3). The organization derives most of its operating dollars from corporate donations, foundations, community organizations and private citizens. For more information about the art exhibit and sale, visit the website at www.artintheatrium.org.

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is a model that demonstrates the nation’s best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified housing units, green collar jobs, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate. Visit the LPCCD website at www.lpccd.org

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This breakfast summit will focus on the state of the green future in Essex County, local business innovation, and job opportunities. It will also identify Attainable- Measurable-Sustainable steps to become more sustainable.

Event Overview:
9:00 am Continental Breakfast
9:30 am Opening Remarks
10:00 am The State of the Green Future of Essex County
11:15 am Local Business Innovation and Job Opportunities
12:30 pm LPCCD Green Job Training Graduation

Speakers to include:
Cory Booker – Mayor of Newark, NJ
M. Teresa Ruiz – New Jersey Senator
Donald Payne, Jr.- Councilman, City of Newark
Dr. DT Ogilvie- Director of Rutgers Center for Entrepreneurial Development
Frederick Lynk – Manager, Market Strategy and Planning, PSEG
Jeana Wirtenberg, PHD – Institute of Sustainable Enterprises at FDU
Jerry Fried – Mayor of Montclair, NJ
John Fox – President and CEO of Innovation Fuels, Inc.
Philip LiVecchi – Director of Public Works – County of Essex
Robert L. Bowser – Mayor of East Orange, NJ

Source: Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District

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Art In The Atrium, Inc. Partners with LPCCD to present an Open Doors 2009 exhibit by Chris Cumberbatch

For ATA, the Open Doors Weekend event is a pre-show activity in advance of its 18th annual art exhibit and sale of fine art by African Americans in Morristown, the largest show of its kind in New Jersey. The collaboration with LPCCD is an opportunity to spotlight the work of Chris Cumberbatch as an emerging artist and to increase the visibility of Art in The Atrium to northern New Jersey audiences.

Lauren Craig, a spokesperson for ATA states, “We are excited at Art in the Atrium, Inc. about our participation in this year’s Open Doors event. ATA has enjoyed a long-time connection to the Newark art community through Newark native, the late Russell A. Murray, a prolific artist who was an ATA founder and curator and a teacher at West Side High School, as well as through the many artists that live and work in Newark who have exhibited in our annual exhibition for the past 18 years.”

Many of Cumberbatch’s works are painted on found objects, using Mystic paint, an environmentally sound product. The exhibit includes sculptural trees and large wall hangings. The artist explained, “My focus is the duality of eco-consciousness and spiritual consciousness. It’s an awareness of the richness of the earth and all that it contains for humanity…I want to hit a pulse of …emotion and spirit by fusing figures and nature, especially trees.”

Mr. Cumberbatch’s firm, Above The Surface, provides creative designs in decorative painting—wall illusions that resemble stone, marble and granite, and colorful murals—for several celebrity clients, among whom are Comedian, Actor, Radio Personality and Author, Steve Harvey; Singer/Rapper and Actor LL Cool J, and Sean “Diddy” Combs, legendary rapper, screen and stage actor and successful entrepreneur.

Anthony Smith, director of LPCCD Community Affairs and Operations said, “Lincoln Park is leading the way in eco-urban development. The environmentally-friendly art of Chris Cumberbatch is directly related to the LPCCD mission to develop an urban eco-arts district. When ATA expressed a desire to collaborate with us in presenting this artist’s body of work to this year’s Open Doors event, we agreed with enthusiasm, viewing it as an opportunity for broader exposure for the important work that is underway in the Lincoln Park Arts District.”

Art in The Atrium, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer art organization founded in 1991 and is tax exempt under Federal Tax Regulation 501(c)(3). The organization derives most of its operating dollars from corporate donations, foundations, community organizations and private citizens. For more information about the art exhibit and sale, visit the website at www.artintheatrium.org.

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is a model that demonstrates the nation’s best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified housing units, green collar jobs, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate. Visit the LPCCD website at www.lpccd.org

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Art In The Atrium, Inc. Partners with LPCCD to present an Open Doors 2009 exhibit by Chris Cumberbatch

For ATA, the Open Doors Weekend event is a pre-show activity in advance of its 18th annual art exhibit and sale of fine art by African Americans in Morristown, the largest show of its kind in New Jersey. The collaboration with LPCCD is an opportunity to spotlight the work of Chris Cumberbatch as an emerging artist and to increase the visibility of Art in The Atrium to northern New Jersey audiences.

Lauren Craig, a spokesperson for ATA states, “We are excited at Art in the Atrium, Inc. about our participation in this year’s Open Doors event. ATA has enjoyed a long-time connection to the Newark art community through Newark native, the late Russell A. Murray, a prolific artist who was an ATA founder and curator and a teacher at West Side High School, as well as through the many artists that live and work in Newark who have exhibited in our annual exhibition for the past 18 years.”

Many of Cumberbatch’s works are painted on found objects, using Mystic paint, an environmentally sound product. The exhibit includes sculptural trees and large wall hangings. The artist explained, “My focus is the duality of eco-consciousness and spiritual consciousness. It’s an awareness of the richness of the earth and all that it contains for humanity…I want to hit a pulse of …emotion and spirit by fusing figures and nature, especially trees.”

Mr. Cumberbatch’s firm, Above The Surface, provides creative designs in decorative painting—wall illusions that resemble stone, marble and granite, and colorful murals—for several celebrity clients, among whom are Comedian, Actor, Radio Personality and Author, Steve Harvey; Singer/Rapper and Actor LL Cool J, and Sean “Diddy” Combs, legendary rapper, screen and stage actor and successful entrepreneur.

Anthony Smith, director of LPCCD Community Affairs and Operations said, “Lincoln Park is leading the way in eco-urban development. The environmentally-friendly art of Chris Cumberbatch is directly related to the LPCCD mission to develop an urban eco-arts district. When ATA expressed a desire to collaborate with us in presenting this artist’s body of work to this year’s Open Doors event, we agreed with enthusiasm, viewing it as an opportunity for broader exposure for the important work that is underway in the Lincoln Park Arts District.”

Art in The Atrium, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer art organization founded in 1991 and is tax exempt under Federal Tax Regulation 501(c)(3). The organization derives most of its operating dollars from corporate donations, foundations, community organizations and private citizens. For more information about the art exhibit and sale, visit the website at www.artintheatrium.org.

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) is transforming a low-income neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey, from blighted lots into an urban eco-village. Leading the revitalization of an emerging arts and cultural district, LPCCD is a model that demonstrates the nation’s best practices in sustainable urban development. The project includes US Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified housing units, green collar jobs, music festivals, historic restoration projects and the Museum of African American Music, a Smithsonian Affiliate. Visit the LPCCD website at www.lpccd.org

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