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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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