Community InsightsSM is just one of the many services offered by JGSC Group to a wide array of clients in the private and public sectors. We provide strategic solutions to their most daunting challenges and help our clients better understand and serve their customers and constituents. From downtown revitalization strategies, to research and consumer marketing, to retail development and redevelopment, JGSC Group provides practical and effective solutions that meet, and often exceed, our clients' needs.
The principals of JGSC Group have made their careers in both the private and public sectors. In the public sector, we have directed statewide policies on economic development, redevelopment, and reinvestment in New Jersey communities. Working with retail and mixed-use developers in the private sector, we've spent the past two decades luring shoppers and retailers off downtown streets and into shopping malls. In that sense, we're the perfect choice to help lure shoppers back to Main Streets.
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| Born of necessity, Community InsightsSM was invented to meet our client's need to uncover retail potential in New York City neighborhoods as diverse as Times Square, Brooklyn Heights, The Bronx, and Flatbush. Over the past six years, we've worked with more than 40 communities in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
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| Memberships & Affiliations |
| JGSC Group serves as advisors to Main Street New Jersey and the 26 designated Main Street communities throughout the state. In this capacity, we provide counsel on economic restructuring and, following the principals of our Community Insights(sm) program, provide guidance and direction through the revitalization process.
JGSC Group develops and teaches courses at the Downtown Revitalization & Management Institute at Thomas Edison College. Sponsored by the NJ Department of Community Affairs, Main Street New Jersey, and the NJ Office of Smart Growth, the Downtown Revitalization & Management Institute is a comprehensive community-based management approach to bringing vitality back to downtown communities. The courses we teach provide innovative approaches to attaining long-term economic solutions through market analysis, business recruitment, business retention, and destination marketing.
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| JGSC Group is a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the National Main Streets Center. We have attended and participated in regional and national seminars and conferences. Our presentations at the 2008 National Main Street Conference in Philadelphia, Bringing Business Back to Main Street and Reshaping the Retail Model for a More Dense, More Diverse Population, were rated among the most informational and useful presentations at the conference.
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| In 2007, LISC (Local Initiative Support Corporation) designated JGSC
Group a preferred consultant to work in conjunction with or on behalf
of LISC's Commercial Markets Advisory Services (CMAS). The Commercial
Markets Advisory Service (CMAS) is a national program which provides
guidance and targeted technical assistance to LISC local offices around
the country in support of their commercial corridor revitalization and
commercial/ mixed-use development goals.
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2009, we conducted "Creating Retail Diversity and Enhancing
Relationships" as part of the Commercial Corridor Manager Training
series provided by the City of Philadelphia and LISC Philadelphia.
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| Client Portfolio & Project Experience |
Public Sector Projects
Bedford-Stuyvesant/Brooklyn, NY^
Bergenfield, NJ Special Improvement District
Boonton, NJ*
Boyertown, PA
Brooklyn, NY (BedStuy Restoration Corp)#
Burlington City, NJ*
Carteret, NJ
Clayton, NJ**
Collegeville, PA (CEDC)
Deptford Township, NJ**
Detroit, MI^
Downtown Newark Partnership, DE
East Greenwich Township, NJ**
Elk Township, NJ**
Elizabeth, NJ (Elizabeth Avenue Partnership)Elizabeth (Historic Midtown), NJ
Fair Lawn, NJ (River Rd. Improvement Corp.)
Fairview Village (Camden), NJ*
Franklin Township, NJ**
Glassboro, NJ
Gloucester City, NJ
Greenwich Township, NJ**
Hackettstown, NJ
Haddon Township, NJ
Harlem, NY (HCCI)#
Harrison Township, NJ**
Highland Park, NJ*
Jacksonville, FL^
Jersey City, NJ (MLK Drive)
Jersey City, NJ (Monticello Ave.)
Keansburg, NJ
Las Cruces, NM
Logan Township, NJ**
Long Island City, NY (LICBID)#
Mantua Township, NJ**
Maple Shade, NJ+
Medford Township, NJ
Mid-Bronx Desperados, NY
Millville, NJ
Monroe Township, NJ
Mount Holly, NJ*
National Park, NJ**
New Egypt, NJ*
New Rochelle, NY (Downtown BID)New York City, NY
Newfield, NJ**
Ocean City, NJ*
Orange, NJ
Palmyra, NJ (BID)
Paulsboro, NJ**
Peekskill, NY
Pemberton Township, NJ
Philadelphia, PA^
Pitkin Avenue BID, Brooklyn, NY
Pitman, NJ**
Plumsted Township, NJ
Pompton Lakes, NJ (SID)
Rahway, NJ
St. Paul, MN^
Salem, NJ
South Bronx, NY (WHEDco)#
South Harrison Township, NJ**
South Orange, NJ*
Springfield, NJ (BID)
Swedesboro, NJ**
Tenafly, NJ
Vineland, NJ
Washington Township, NJ**
Wenonah, NJ**
West Deptford, NJ**
West Orange, NJ
Westville, NJ**
Wildwood, NJ*
Woodbury, NJ*/**
Woodbury Heights, NJ**
Woolwich Township, NJ**
* **On behalf of Main Street New Jersey
***As part of Gloucester County Regional Retail Plan
+On behalf of Business Assoc. & Board of Commerce
^On behalf of LISC Commercial Markets Advisory Services
#On behalf of Small Business Services Dept., City of New York
| Revitalization Agencies
Highlands Council TAC, New Jersey
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Main Street Delaware
Main Street New Jersey
National Trust for Historic Preservation
NJ Downtown Revitalization Institute
Private Sector Developers
Arbor Property Trust
Compass Retail
Forest City Ratner Companies
The Rouse Companies
Sora Holdings, LLC
Staten Island Ferry Management Group
Whiton Street Associates
Retail Developments
42nd St. Entertainment Center, Times Sq, NY
Atlantic Center, Brooklyn, NY
Shops at Atlantic Center, Brooklyn, NY
Shops at Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
The Heights at Court Street, Brooklyn, NY
Bay Street Center, Staten Island, NY
Shops at Richmond, Staten Island, NY
The Shops on Bruckner Boulevard, Bronx, NY
New Horizons Retail Center, Bronx, NY
Home Depot at Gun Hill Road, Bronx, NY
Shops at Northern Blvd, Long Island City, NY
Maspeth Center, Maspeth, Queens, NY
Queens Center, Elmhurst, Queens, NY
Green Acres Mall, Valley Stream, NY
Hunting Park Center, Philadelphia, PA
Cherry Hill Mall, Cherry Hill, NJ
Columbia Park Center, North Bergen, NJ
Echelon Mall, Voorhees, NJ
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Community InsightsSM
JGSC Group, LLC
16 North Centre Street
PO Box 1148
Merchantville, NJ 08109
Phone: 856.662.8800
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