Burlington City, NJ was established in 1677 and while it treasures its history, it also is looking to sustain its downtown and neighborhoods by capitalizing on its proximity to the Delaware River.
More than a dozen trucks or vendors, a rollicking local band called, and a sunny breeze brought a diverse crowd of people to the foot of High Street on a Tuesday afternoon in late July. The event was the idea of Pearl Pointe’s property manager, Nikki Rivellini, who runs it with two volunteers: Nancy Curry and Debbie Hoey.
“Burlington has suffered from a lot of disinvestment, but it has the history, the Delaware River, and the RiverLine,” said Callahan. “All the pieces are here.” “Nothing we’ve discovered so far has scared us away,” Callahan said. “There definitely are areas of concern, but they’re not site-wide. We were pleasantly surprised by that. But there are challenges.”
seen a lot of ideas never come to reality. But the architecture and the history and the story of Burlington City is real, and impossible to replicate.”Burlington’s downtown is off the beaten track and barely visible from Route 130. High Street west of Broad can seem
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