{"id":5254,"date":"2015-06-24T02:26:40","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T06:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=5254"},"modified":"2015-06-24T01:06:50","modified_gmt":"2015-06-24T05:06:50","slug":"brick-mayor-introduces-plan-to-help-fill-empty-storefronts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/06\/brick-mayor-introduces-plan-to-help-fill-empty-storefronts\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Mayor Introduces Plan to Help Fill Empty Storefronts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5255\" style=\"width: 887px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-1.04.29-AM.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5255\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-1.04.29-AM.png\" alt=\"A sign advertises commercial leasing at the Laurel Square shopping center.\" width=\"877\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-1.04.29-AM.png 877w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-1.04.29-AM-400x212.png 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-1.04.29-AM-600x317.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 877px) 100vw, 877px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign advertises commercial leasing at the Laurel Square shopping center. (Credit: Google Maps)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Brick Mayor John Ducey unveiled a plan Tuesday night aimed at encouraging businesses to move into existing, vacant storefronts rather than constructing new buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Under the \u201cStorefront Revitalization Program,\u201d Ducey said the township will waive permit and inspection fees if a business chooses to move into a location less that has been vacant for more than a year and is 5,000 square feet or less in area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to fill those empty spots,\u201d Ducey said, adding that in speaking with residents, one of their primary concerns is the fact that so many storefronts sit empty while new businesses often construct new buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative is largely an experiment, the mayor explained. The township cannot\u00a0prevent a business from construction a new building if they own property and comply with building codes \u2013 but the revitalization program could spur a new business owner to take a chance on an existing storefront in order to save money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to help small businesses expand and relocate here in our town,\u201d Ducey said. \u201cEntrepreneurs, please, come to Brick!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2015\/06\/brick-mayor-introduces-plan-to-help-fill-empty-storefronts\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brick Mayor John Ducey unveiled a plan Tuesday night aimed at encouraging businesses to move into existing, vacant storefronts rather than constructing new buildings. Under the \u201cStorefront Revitalization Program,\u201d Ducey said the township will waive permit and inspection fees if a business chooses to move into a location less that has been vacant for more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,1184,1442,1441],"class_list":["post-5254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-business","tag-commercial-real-estate","tag-vacant-buildings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-24-at-1.04.29-AM.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-1mK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}