9.25.2013

Huffington Post Popular News: 'Teachers Village' Developers Have Big Dreams For Downtown Newark

NEWARK, N.J. -- If Ron Beit has his way, the next big thing in urban renewal won't come from any of the political elite or the CEOs in cocktail attire who gathered in a parking lot here Wednesday morning for the ribbon-cutting on his latest project.


It will come from teachers.


A founding partner and CEO of the Manhattan-based developer RBH Group, Beit said his shift in vision came from walking into THRIVE Academy, a charter school in Newark's central ward.




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