In May 2024, residents and stakeholders of the North Middletown-Port Monmouth Neighborhood began a community-driven neighborhood planning process to identify opportunities and needs, and then propose a comprehensive set of strategies and actions to improve the community over the next decade. 

This process was convened by the Affordable Housing Alliance (AHA), Monmouth County’s Community Action Agency, and supported by the Township, the Ideal Beach Community Association, the Bayshore Family Success Center, and Monmouth County Habitat for Humanity. Over the course of twelve months, neighborhood residents examined data, identified issues, expressed priorities, proposed solutions and action steps, and articulated a vision for the future of the neighborhood.

Now completed, this neighborhood plan will unlock special state funding to implement these proposed strategies through the New Jersey Neighborhood Revitalization Tax Credit (NRTC) Program. 

While the planning process has concluded, the resident-powered effort to improve the community has only just begun!