Kearny Enterprise Zone Development Corporation (KEZDC)

The Kearny Enterprise Zone Development Corporation (KEZDC) was established to administer the programs and projects of the Urban Enterprise Zone initiative. It is also charged with developing a viable Redevelopment Plan for the Zone. The mission of the KEZDC is to increase employment opportunities, encourage capital investment, stimulate economic zone development and foster a climate of stability and growth in the business community. Their efforts increase the Town's Tax Base, thereby, decreasing the burden placed on the property taxpayer.

Project Listings

The Uplands

  • The downtown Kearny Avenue Streetscape and Streetscape Extension Projects - $4,489,350
  • The Kearny Avenue Repaving Project - $2,901,797
  • The Comprehensive Kearny Avenue Parking Study - $12,900
  • $1,000,000 in KUEZ funds toward the $3.6 million Bergen Avenue Extension Project; with another $775,000 to be committed towards its completion, including flood prevention improvements.

South Kearny

  • Design and Reconstruction of the following roadways: Central, South Hackensack, Jacobus, and North Hackensack Avenues. Total dollars allocated to these projects were $3,111,027.
  • Acquisition of a Cairn IRIS Thermal Imaging Helmut and a Hurst Jaws of Life for the Kearny Fire Department totaling $32,503.
  • The installation of a Security Surveillance Camera Network totaling $203,990.

Acquisition of the following:

  • Four Sidewalk Vacuums - $120,416
  • Two Senior Citizen Shopping Shuttles - $101,470
  • Schuyler Avenue Industrial Area Flooding Relief Analysis and Study totaling $53,120.
  • Purchase of Six Police Patrol Vehicles totaling $107,208.

Additional Funding

  • $330,000 contribution to the Harrison Avenue Sewer Installation and Pump Station.
  • The addition of KUEZ Police Officers totaling $577,521.
  • Upgrading the Kearny Fire Departments Communications System and Vehicles for the Fire Inspectors totaling $169,802.
  • Business Development Loan Programs totaling $1,096,700.
  • Infrastructure maintenance equipment totaling $28,130.
  • Marketing, Public Relations and Advertising support for members in excess of $420,000.
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