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Camden preparing to close library system Camden (August 06, 2010)
Camden is preparing to permanently shut its library system by the end of the year, potentially leaving residents of the impoverished city among the few in the United States unable to borrow a library book free. At an emotional but sparsely attended meeting of the library board Thursday, its president, Martin McKernan, said the city's three libraries cannot stay open past Dec. 31 because of severe budget cuts by Mayor Dana L. Redd.
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Mayor Redd, tear down these wallsCamden (June 13, 2010)
In Camden, where derelict buildings are all over the map, there's no comprehensive - much less current - list of vacant properties. "Everyone finds that hard to believe," says Stephen Singer, executive director of CamConnect, a nonprofit data-collection and analysis group. "Even in City Hall there are people who find it hard to believe."
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Announcing the 2010 Chancellor's Grants for Civic Engagement and Service Learning Camden (June 10, 2010)
During the past year, many academic and administrative units have sought to develop new opportunities for our students to gain invaluable real-world experience while applying the knowledge gained in Rutgers-Camden classrooms to benefit our host city and region
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Data Unit Argues for Transit StopCamden (May 1, 2010)
When a coalition of Camden residents looked at the proposed expansion of the PATCO Hi-Speedline deep into Gloucester County, they suspected Camden might not be getting its fair share of new stops. They asked CamConnect, a nonprofit organization that analyzes data, to plot usage of the rail line by city residents and proximity to stations....
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Perspectives in Health Information Management: Hope for New Jersey’s City Hospitals: The Camden Initiative (Spring, 2010)
A tiny fraction of patients that consumes a disproportionately large share of medical resources in cities like Camden, NJ, threatens to overwhelm the state’s healthcare delivery system. Pursuant to federal law, hospitals and emergency departments (EDs) are required to provide life-sustaining medical care to anyone seeking treatment, regardless of the patient’s ability to pay. This situation is untenable in every respect...
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Philadelphia Inquirer Op-Ed: Responding to the Inquirer’s Series on the Camden Economic Recovery
The Inquirer’s series on Camden’s $175 million recovery legislation offered a refreshing focus on accountability. However, characterizing officials’ recent statement that over $1 billion would be required to address Camden’s woes as mere opinion misses the mark...
Read the unedited version of the letter that adds context about the cause and scale of Camden's continued budgetary needs
Read CamConnect's most recent analysis of the Camden City budget
Camden Stymie Rehab of Houses
Camden (September 13, 2009) - On a recent morning, a demolition crew perched on scaffolding above a gaping hole on the corner of Kenwood Avenue, applying stucco to the side of a row home that became exposed when they tore down the vacant unit next to it in mid-August....
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Read the September 20th Courier Post editorial citing CamConnect's vacant housing estimates
Camden's 'ugliest house' a hazard, but still standing
Camden (August 28, 2009) - As about 40 people looked on, a Camden activist climbed the step at 923 N. 27th St. in the city's Cramer Hill section yesterday and tacked a bright-orange "Imminent Hazard" sign to the entrance of the abandoned shell. It wasn't easy. The unhinged door, propped against piles of debris inside the ruined home, nearly caved in at the touch...
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2010 Census Camden Office Press Briefing - New Jersey Public Network TV
Camden (August 12, 2009)
Census Months Away, But Promoting Begins in NJ
Camden (August 11, 2009) - Census forms won't be sent out until March, but the government has already begun the push to try to get them all filled out. On Tuesday, officials came to Camden — a city where the Census Bureau considers every neighborhood hard to count — to woo help from nonprofit groups. Fernando Armstrong, director of the Census Bureau's Philadelphia region, told a few dozen people from the organizations that they could be a key to getting an accurate count because they already have the trust of people who might be wary of giving the federal government any information...
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Ugliest-home contest on city eye-sores
Camden (July 28, 2009) - St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Cramer Hill is asking residents to vote for the neighborhood's ugliest home. Earlier this month, Father Jud Weiksnar and staff from Camden Churches Organized for People photographed 13 of the most notorious eyesores in the neighborhood, all believed to be abandoned...
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