I’m born, raised, lived and work in newark and the downtown has never been good, clean, maintained or attractive

Obviously I know there’s other factors at play with poverty, homelessness, drug addiction, etc… and I don’t want to minimize the effects of these problems & their impacts on on the mainstay population

But man, It’s embarrassing.

I can’t lie, it’s nice to see other towns’ downtown area welcoming to small businesses, nightlife and foot traffic.