As 2023 begins, more than 30 development projects are working their way through the City of Newark’s approval process.
A project that requires approval from city council – as most do – is first submitted to the planning department, which evaluates it with help from other city departments and produces a report detailing changes the developer must make or questions the developer must answer.
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