NJPAC - January/February/March 2020
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Imagining the possibilities<br />
From costume design to art therapy, Newark<br />
tells <strong>NJPAC</strong> what a new community center<br />
would bring to downtown<br />
Grizel Ubarry<br />
How do you have a conversation with<br />
a whole city?<br />
You start with someone who knows<br />
that city incredibly well.<br />
Grizel Ubarry, a management<br />
consultant and community<br />
development expert, has worked in<br />
Newark since the 1970s in a range<br />
of roles, from Director of Essex<br />
County Housing and Community<br />
Development Division to trustee for<br />
The Newark Museum.<br />
Today, as a management and<br />
development consultant with a<br />
focus on helping nonprofits, Ubarry<br />
helps both neighborhoods and<br />
organizations negotiate change.<br />
When <strong>NJPAC</strong> received a $20 million<br />
gift from the Cooperman family<br />
to underwrite the building of new<br />
community center on its campus,<br />
the Arts Center turned to Ubarry<br />
to organize a conversation with<br />
stakeholders across all five of the<br />
city’s wards—and to organize a<br />
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