Happy new year to all and with a new year always comes a look back and a look forward, so here are the top 10 most popular posts on the site during 2021:
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What would you like to see from RahwayRising?
I’ve been thinking about this for a few months (in fact, I started notes and versions of this post around Labor Day).
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The most popular posts of September
This episode recaps some of the most popular posts of September, with some podcast-exclusive tidbits thrown in.
A recap of the past two months
It’s been awhile since the last podcast episode dropped, so there’s plenty to catch up on the past couple of months. Here’s a smattering of items reviewed on the latest episode:
- A reorganization of City Hall included a new city administrator and police director.
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The municipal budget was approved, with no increase in the municipal portion of tax bills, and here’s a closer look at PILOTs in the 2021 budget.
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Two polls came and went since the last episode, and now a third is currently up on the site. Have a look at results of the Favorite Sandwich poll and Favorite Outdoor Space. Don’t forget to vote in the current poll, Favorite Restaurant (eat-in, table service), which closes next week.
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City Council took over management of the Rahway Special Improvement District (SID). It also confirmed five members of a new SID Advisory Board, replacing the Rahway Arts & Business Partnership Board of Trustees.
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City Council in June introduced an ordinance regulating cannabis but then tabled cannabis legislation until the Planning Board has a chance to review it this week.
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17: Details on 3 developments
It’s a super-sized episode this week:
14: Pizza poll results & more
- Pizza poll results and a new reader poll for March.
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Phase 2 of Dornoch II heads to Planning Board
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Housing inventory remains low, in Rahway and beyond
Looking Ahead:
– City Council will next meet on Monday at 7 p.m.
- The Rahway Arts and Business Partnership is scheduled to meet Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
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11: Skeptical of Supermarkets
One of the most frequent conversations among readers is about bringing a supermarket to downtown Rahway. It’s been the subject of the occasional reader poll and there was even a campaign five years ago to lobby Trader Joe’s to open in town.
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That’s not to say there aren’t options in and around downtown Rahway. The Cherry Street Market has been around a long time. There’s also Universal Meat Supermarket on Elizabeth Avenue and Rahway Farm in the Deals Plaza on St. Georges Avenue, a half-mile from downtown.
Matt Casey of Rahway-based Matthew P. Casey and Associates has been analyzing supermarket retail for more than 30 years. He helps open new grocery stories, conducting feasibility studies on a geographic area, studies the best places to build a story and projects how much business a store might do.
I spoke with Casey for a blog post in 2017 and it was among the most popular posts that year. I thought it would make for a good podcast episode to revisit the supermarket conversation with him. We talked back in October as I was brainstorming ideas for podcast episodes and not much has changed. We discussed the local options in and around Rahway and why it’s so difficult to attract one to Rahway..
We also discussed the cult of Trader Joe’s, the rise of home delivery during COVID and its short- and long-term impact on the supermarket industry, and what a Rahway market would have to do to compete. “If I’m doing a supermarket study for an individual who wants to open a supermarket in downtown Rahway — or anywhere — my first question is going to be what are you going to do different, what are you going to offer the customer that’s unique or different that’s going to change a customer’s mind from ordering from Walmart” and having it delivered to your door within two hours.
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10: Top posts of 2020
This episode takes a look back at the past year with a countdown of the most popular posts of 2020 (based on page views). Have a listen and let me know what your favorites were from 2020, whether they made the top 10 or not.
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