{"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 &#8220;Storefront Revitalization Program,&#8221; 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>&#8220;We want to fill those empty spots,&#8221; 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>&#8220;It\u2019s going to help small businesses expand and relocate here in our town,&#8221; Ducey said. &#8220;Entrepreneurs, please, come to Brick!&#8221;<\/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 &#8220;Storefront Revitalization Program,&#8221; 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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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}]}}