TAPinto Newark is launching a new series titled, "Remarkable Newarkers."

Newark is most definitely a city on the rise and it's the people who are lifting the city up.

The occasional series will focus on people who either live or work in Newark. We'll select people who are having a positive impact on the city, whether in education, community development, economic development or any of the other disciplines that touches people's lives in the city.

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We have a great list of people to get started, but we want to hear from you, our readers, too.

Please send your suggestions to newark@tapinto.net and put "Remarkable Newarkers" in the subject line. Just a note: We are not including elected officials. It's not that we don't think they do great work within the city, but we want to profile people who toil behind the scenes, the names of people you don't often see in the media on a daily basis.

We hope you enjoy Remarkable Newarkers and we look forward to receiving your input.