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Bloomfield
ARTWITH YOUR EXERCISE The second BLOOMFIELD BIKE DEPOT , which opened in Mayand is located in the Glenwood Parking Garageat23Lackawanna Place , just gotafabulous facelift . Local artist Papa Gora Tall created a mural inside the space , which holds 38 bikes and has both vertical and horizontal bike racks , as well as a bike repair station . The Depot is a collaboration between the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition and the Bloomfield Parking Authority , and was funded by a grant from the Partners for Health Foundation and NJBWC funds . Monthly and annualpassesare available for both this location and the Bay Street Bike Depot in Montclair .
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Glen Ridge and West Orange
UP TO CODE After his computer programmer sister lamented the lack of quality coding programs available to kids in Manhattan , Montclair native — and current Montclair dad — Paul May decided to do something about it . He combined forces with friend and fellow Columbia Business School grad Charu Chatturvedi to found CODEADVANTAGE . The program , which has been taught in numerous afterschool programs in New York and has branched out to New Jersey schools , teaches kids that they can not only play games online , but create them . CodeAdvantage emphasizes a fun , interactive and educational experience for students in first through eighth grade . It is currently being offered as afterschool enrichment in Glen Ridgeand West Orangeschools . • codeadvantage . org
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Montclair
HOBOKENFARMS HELPS FIGHT HUNGER HOBOKEN FARMS , the food vendor who supplies 30 weekly farmers markets across New Jersey and New York , has come a long way sinceMontclair resident Brad Finkel founded it in 1992 . The success of its Big line of sauces — named TopPick in the Country by Wall Street Journal voters — has enabled the company to giveback to local communities . Recently , Hoboken Farms partnered with pasta-maker Banza , and donated 7,100 pounds of sauce to the COMMUNITY FOODBANK of New Jersey in Hillside . Combined with Banza ’ s 6,300 pounds of pasta , that made for 50,000 gluten-free servings .
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DEPOT : COURTESY OFCYNDI STEINER ; CODERS : COURTESY OFDAVID PATERINI ; FLATS OFSAUCE : COURTESY OFCOMMUNITY FOODBANK OFNEW JERSEY |
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