Project Details
- Project Name
- Community Resource Center at Kearny Point
- Architect
- WXY Architecture + Urban Design
- Project Types
- Other
- Project Scope
- Renovation/Remodel
- Year Completed
- 2017
- Shared by
- Ayda Ayoubi
- Project Status
- Built
Project Description
FROM THE NEW JERSEY REENTRY CORPORATION:
On July 14, the New Jersey Reentry Corporation (NJRC) announced the renovation of its new Community Resource Center (CRC) at Kearny Point. The NJRC is a nonprofit committed to providing critically needed services to formerly incarcerated individuals, empowering them to achieve healthy self-sufficiency, thereby reducing recidivism and fostering safer communities.
The new CRC, housed at 9 Basin Drive, will be unique to other NJRC sites, specifically working with individuals who are on parole. Overlooking the Hackensack River, the CRC features colorful wall-to-ceiling photographs, graphics, and quotes with historical and cultural significance. Among the visuals are the Statue of Liberty, historical photographs of South Kearny and its ship workers, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and a map of Kearny Point and the surrounding area. The imagery and quotes are meant to invoke inspiration in NJRC clients as they reenter society and prepare for employment opportunities. All of the interiors were designed by WXY Architecture.
“The Community Resource Center is a state of the art resource for persons returning from prison,” said Jim McGreevey, Chairman, NJRC. “In keeping with the creative spirit of Kearny Point, the space captures the history of the place in design and photograph, while providing for a modern, efficient computerized training center.”
In one of the most environmentally progressive and economically significant adaptive reuse initiatives in the country, Hugo Neu is reinventing Kearny Point as a modern workplace home to a diverse community of pioneering businesses. Hugo Neu launched the initiative in 2016 with the mission of providing new economic opportunities for a diverse range of businesses and individuals in the region. The first structure to be revitalized as part of the plan, Building 78, now houses over 100 small businesses, more than 70 percent of which are minority or women-owned.
