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Dept/ Agency: Offices of Municipal Council/City Clerk
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Ceremonial Street Designation
Honoree: Luis Reis
Date(s): September 18, 2026
Official Street Name(s): Ridge Street and Park Avenue
Ceremonial Intersection Name: "Luis Reis Way"
Sponsor: Council President Luis A. Quintana
Additional Information:
Ceremony scheduled for 3:00 p.m. September 18, 2026.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 6PSF-f, adopted on May 20, 2015, authorizes the designation of an intersection, etc., for honorary and ceremonial purposes; and
WHEREAS, Luis Reyes, was born in a small town of Portugal and at the age of 16 emigrated to Venezuela to join extended family members; and
WHEREAS, by the age of 21, through hard work, determination and perseverance he became the part owner of a bakery; and
WHEREAS, while visiting his native Portugal, he met the love of his life, Isaura Reis, who later became his adoring wife of thirty-four years. As economic and political tensions became increasingly untenable in Venezuela, the couple made the decision to immigrate to the United States and Newark, New Jersey;
WHEREAS, after arriving in Newark in 1988, he began working in his father-in laws' recently purchased Park Avenue Supermarket, which became outside of his family, the love of his life. After his father-in-law retired he took over the operations of the community market and helped transformed the changing community as he became a pillar of the community, offering more than groceries, warm meals, financial assistance and touched countless lives with his smile, generosity and kindness; and
WHEREAS, through the years the numerous contributions attributed to the late Luis Reis to the Newark community is immeasurable and truly worthy of a lasting recognition and ceremonial renaming of Ridge Street and Park Avenue as "Luis Reis Way."
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