Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

===Retail===
[[File:Journal Square Jersey City November 2021 004.jpg|thumb|240px|The Journal Square district in 2021]]
[[File:9.28.06NewportMallByLuigiNovi3.jpg|thumb|Newport Centre Mall in 2006]]
Jersey City has several shopping districts, some of which are traditional [[main street]]s for their respective neighborhoods, such as [[Central Avenue (Hudson County)|Central]], [[Danforth Avenue (Hudson County)|Danforth]], Newark and [[West Side, Jersey City|West Side]] Avenues. Lower Newark Avenue in [[Downtown Jersey City]] was converted to a permanent three-block long pedestrian plaza in 2022 becoming a hub for the city's dining, nightlife and cultural arts scene.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roi-nj.com/2022/07/12/real_estate/7m-transformation-of-pedestrian-plaza-in-jersey-city-celebrated-as-permanent-community-hub-and-economic-driver/|title=$7M transformation of pedestrian plaza in Jersey City celebrated as permanent community hub and economic driver|website=roi-nj.com|date=July 12, 2022|access-date=February 26, 2025}}</ref> [[Journal Square]] is a major historic commercial and central business district that includes neighborhoods in the broader area such as [[Bergen Square]], [[McGinley Square]], [[India Square]], the [[Five Corners, Jersey City|Five Corners]] and portions of the [[Marion Section]]. Jersey City has two malls, [[Newport Centre Mall]], a regional indoor [[shopping mall]] in Downtown Jersey City, and [[List of shopping malls in New Jersey|Hudson Mall]], a "non traditional" indoor shopping mall on the city's West Side.<ref name="shop districts"/>

Portions of the city are part of an [[Urban Enterprise Zone]] (UEZ). Jersey City was selected in 1983 to be part of the initial group of 10 zones chosen to participate in the program.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/tax_q&a_052709.pdf ''Urban Enterprise Zone Tax Questions and Answers''], [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]], May 2009. Accessed October 28, 2019. "The Urban Enterprise Zone Program (UEZ) was enacted in 1983. It authorized the designation of ten zones by the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority: Camden, Newark, Bridgeton, Trenton, Plainfield, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Kearny, Orange and Millville/Vineland (joint zone)."</ref> In addition to other benefits to encourage employment and investment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3.3125% [[sales tax]] rate (half of the 6.625% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/about/ Urban Enterprise Zone Program], [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed October 27, 2019. "Businesses participating in the UEZ Program can charge half the standard sales tax rate on certain purchases, currently 3.3125% effective 1/1/2018"</ref> Established in November 1992, the city's Urban Enterprise Zone status expires in November 2023.<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/uez/publications/pdf/ZONE%20EXPIRATION%20DATES%20-%202018.pdf Urban Enterprise Zone Effective and Expiration Dates], [[New Jersey Department of Community Affairs]]. Accessed January 8, 2018.</ref> Jersey City is the state's largest and most productive Urban Enterprise Zone encompassing one-third of the city.<ref>[http://www.jcedc.org/Pages/uez.html Urban Enterprise Zone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024143429/http://www.jcedc.org/Pages/uez.html |date=October 24, 2017 }}, Jersey City Economic Development Corporation. Accessed January 9, 2018. "One-third of Jersey City is designated as Urban Enterprise Zone. The Jersey City Urban Enterprise Zone is the largest and most productive UEZ in New Jersey."</ref><ref>[http://www.jcedc.org/Pages/UEZ%202011%20change.pdf Jersey City, New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Boundary Changes for 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004145700/http://www.jcedc.org/Pages/UEZ%202011%20change.pdf |date=October 4, 2015 }}, Jersey City Economic Development Corporation, May 2011. Accessed January 9, 2018.</ref>