SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES

The Collaborative connects with existing and prospective small businesses in the neighborhood, and supports them through storefront improvement grants, assistance with finding space or getting available incentives, targeted streetscape improvements, and entrepreneurship classes -- as well as building the visibility of the neighborhood as a whole through public art, neighborhood branding, and coordinated marketing. Contact us to let us know more about your business and needs!

STOREFRONT IMPROVEMENT GRANTS

The East Trenton Collaborative (ETC) Business Improvement Program is intended to assist small businesses
operating in the neighborhood (see boundaries), including retail, service, or industrial, or real estate businesses, to improve or enhance their capacity to
(1) provide goods and services to neighborhood residents or
(2) provide job opportunities to local residents, with the goal of helping small businesses be a more active,
positive presence in East Trenton.

The application packet is available here. Submit your completed applications in person to the East Trenton Center, at 601 N. Clinton Ave.

234 N. clinton

Mr. Aaron Johnson has had a business on North Clinton Avenue for 30 years -- first a grocery store in the 500 block, then Germirah's Hair Salon in the 200 block. He bought the abandoned building next to his hair salon in 2017, and rehabbed it into two apartments and a storefront. A Storefront Improvement Grant helped him with the windows, door, and stuccoing. A boutique is set to open there this summer, and Mr. Aaron is already planning to build a restaurant on the vacant lot next door. It's been a real privilege to work with him!

restaurant 5oh4

Jacqueline and Everton Danvers bought the long-abandoned building at 504 North Clinton Ave at auction from the City of Trenton, and rehabbed it top to bottom into apartments and a storefront -- where Jacqueline could realize her dream of opening her own restaurant. A Storefront Improvement Grant helped them to fix the windows, finish the facade, and restore the historic lit sign, We are so excited to welcome this new business to the neighborhood!

News

Restaurant 5Oh4
504 N. Clinton Ave.
​Couple turns abandoned Trenton property into Jamaican Restaurant. ​The Trentonian, 5/12/18.
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The Parklet at Dapper's
224 N. Clinton Ave.
LA Parker - "Good News Friday: Dapper parklet a new draw for Trenton eatery". The Trentonian, 10/06/2016.
LA Parker - "Parklets springing up in Trenton again". The Trentonian, 5/31/2018.