Thats great an all, but lets be honest. It will never happen. Not that it couldnt happen, or shouldnt, but until the residents there start to take more pride in their neighborhood, that is just wasted money. Id love to be wrong. Instead of waiting for a handout, why not take the initiative and have the people turn the area around, theres nothing stoping them. I see barely a sense of community pride when passing through greenville. Its sad. The same holds true for any other area around that suffers the same demise.

Wells Fargo donated $50,000 today to a Jersey City group that seeks to make the troubled Greenville section eligible for state grants to help boost public safety, revitalize blighted properties and set the community on a new path.

Garden State Episcopal Community Development Corporation is in the midst of drafting a community plan that will be created after a year of soliciting comments from Greenville residents on how they want their neighborhood transformed.

State Sen. Sandra B. Cunningham today lauded Wells Fargo for donating the money, saying she hopes it?s ?the beginning of more.?
?You don?t know what it means for a bank in Jersey City to actually give back,? Cunningham said.
Wells Fargo presented the check today during a day-long barbecue at Christ the King church on Ocean Avenue.

Community activists helping to draft the plan say residents? top priority is public safety, followed by concern about the proliferation of abandoned and vacant properties that blight Greenville.
Once the plan is finished, it will be sent to the state and could make Greenville eligible for up to $1 million in tax credits aimed at helping revitalize distressed neighborhoods.
Wells Fargo Donates 50K