In order to create “place”, it needs culture, vibrance, and identity. A city is weaved together through public art, live music, green space, and small business. Gregory has been involved in all these channels for over a decade contributing to what has made Jersey City a place people want to live, work, and play in—a place people call home. His first venture, Green Villain, was a former brick and mortar gallery turned art brokerage founded in 2010. He managed the 20,000SF property and curated graffiti exhibitions and late-night music events while renting out studio spaces to makers and artisans. In 2013 he created Jersey City’s first mural program which currently has over 50 sites under management and has brought over 250 artists into the region. Green Villain is also behind an event partnership with Brookfield Properties that has been featured in the Wall Street Journal for the experiential graffiti exhibition which took place in 2015 in a vacant Pep Boys Auto Center—the Demolition Exhibition. His creative mindset is a perfect fit for GRID’s entrepreneurial spirit as he is able to combine his experience in the art brokerage and digital marketing worlds into our framework of... Read More