The Maplewood Village Alliance, South Orange Village Center, and Springfield Avenue Partnership announced a new social media contest, Show your Stuff SOMA, as part of their joint Saturdays in May campaign. The contest asks residents to post photos or videos of their local purchases for chances to win gift cards to SOMA businesses totaling over $500 in value.

In support of the local businesses in Maplewood and South Orange, Maplewood Village Alliance, South Orange Village Center, and Springfield Avenue Partnership have started a month-long campaign—Saturdays in May—where every Saturday is a Small Business Saturday.

The South Orange Village Center Alliance is pleased to welcome all downtown property owners, business owners, and professional office staff to join us for a conversation on how we can "Shape Our Shared Future" together through the South Orange Master Plan process.

After four weeks of voting by the public for the "Hottest Town" in New Jersey, South Orange came out on top of New Jersey Monthly's Hot Town Showdown, presented by Kings Food Market.

On July 31st, 2017, the South Orange Village Center Alliance (SOVCA) joined with the Seton Village Committee and the Township of South Orange Village in a town hall meeting to propose new permitted uses for our commercial corridors.

This weekend from May 20th at Noon through May 21st at Noon, we are presenting 24 hours of live, uninterrupted continuous music in the Village Center!