Neighborhood Preservation Program
The Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) began with the passage of the “Maintenance of Viable Neighborhoods Act” in 1975. This legislation established a program of grants to encourage and promote the social and economic strengthening and development of neighborhoods. It was envisioned that this would be achieved through the cooperative, concentrated efforts of residents, local lending institutions, businesses, municipal governments and the State of New Jersey. The Neighborhood Preservation Program takes a comprehensive approach to neighborhood development, which affords municipalities flexible and creative options. This comprehensive cooperative approach promotes a unified effort that has proven to be a successful strategy.
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs’ neighborhood-based programs are designed to acknowledge the crucial role neighborhoods play as the center of community for New Jersey’s citizens, and the opportunity they offer to serve as a springboard to build a stronger, more equitable New Jersey.
To further achieve that goal, Governor Phil Murphy and Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver recently dedicated $2.5 million of funding to restore the Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) to strengthen the economic vigor of New Jersey’s threatened but viable neighborhoods and to encourage private investment in some of the state’s hard-pressed communities. This new investment was done in coordination with the funding of Main Street New Jersey communities as well.
Activities to be assisted under this act may include but shall not be limited to:
• Revitalize neighborhoods through local planning and community participation.
• Build local capacity to administer the program
• To serve as a catalyst for economic development in business districts that are deemed “threatened but still viable.”
• To serve as a platform for the coordination of efforts by the State, municipalities, residents, businesses and other stakeholders to help declining neighborhoods become thriving neighborhoods.
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The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and the Borough of Glassboro entered into a contract to administer the Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) in its NPP Neighborhood District known as Glassboro NPP District in order to address the community revitalization needs within the targeted area.
The Borough of Glassboro, along with various stakeholders, has developed a Neighborhood Preservation Implementation Plan which includes comprehensive revitalization goals and a budget to accomplish the objectives of said plan.
Renovation Grants.
The NPP Program in the Borough of Glassboro will provide various types of assistance to residential property owners within the NPP neighborhood district, including:
Rehabilitation Grants
Residential Facades
NPP will provide grants up to $2,000 toward the total cost of the exterior renovations needed on a residential property. There is no match required but if the total cost of the renovation exceeds $2,000, the property owner will be responsible for providing the remaining cost of rehabilitation.
The maximum amount of assistance provided to any one property owner will not exceed $2,000 for one property over the course of the entire NPP Program.