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

STOREFRONT APPLICATION PACKET
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The East Trenton Collaborative is working to assist owners of small businesses along North Clinton Avenue to invest in their physical storefronts. The Storefront Improvement Grant Program provides up to $5,000 in grant funds for approved rehabilitation work to a ground-level retail space. Owners are required to demonstrate that they are investing their own resources into the project, and intend to be an active presence in the neighborhood.

The application packet is available here. Completed applications can be submitted in person to the East Trenton Center, 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.