Download or read book Remarks of Governor Thomas H. Kean, Ironbound Educational/Cultural Association, Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony, Newark, New Jersey, Tuesday, February 19, 1985 written by Thomas H. Kean and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governor Kean thanks Mr. Vincent Agresti, Commissioner Reena, Councilman Henry Martiney, Richard Pereira, the Executive Director of the Ironbound Educational and Cultural Center. Ironbound Educational and Cultural Center was a nonprofit community group that served Newark's entire East Ward. Ironbound is an unincorporated community and neighborhood within the city of Newark in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. It is a large working-class, close-knit, multi-ethnic community covering approximately four square miles. Ironbound District of Newark, along the shores of the Passaic River and named for the network of railroads that encloses it. The Portuguese are the largest single ethnic element of the 54 groups that live in that district. Ironbound Community Corporation's mission is to engage and empower individuals, families and groups in realizing their aspirations and, together, work to create a just, vibrant and sustainable community. It is uncoroborated that the current Ironbound Community Corporation is this group's evolution [http://ironboundcc.org/].