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Media Advisory: Celebrate Hoboken’s Waterfront at Maxwell Place Park on City of Water Day, Saturday, July 12

July 7, 2025Free, family-friendly activities throughout the day including fishing, bird (tern) watching, kayaking, outrigger canoeing, stand-up paddle boarding and citizen science WHO: The Fund for a Better Waterfront (FBW), the Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse, Ke Aloha Outrigger, Resilience Adventures, the Hudson River Fishermen’s Association, Our Tern and the Montclair State University [...]

Media Advisory: Celebrate Hoboken’s Waterfront at Maxwell Place Park on City of Water Day, Saturday, July 122025-07-08T14:30:00-04:00

Thousands of nonessential flights create “helicopter hell” along Hudson River, including Hoboken

30,000 tourist flights annually leave from NYC heliport and 7,933 nonessential flights from Kearny so far this year By Jennifer Mynard | July 7, 2025 Although New Jersey residents and New York residents have many feuds ranging from who has better pizza (New Jersey) to who has worse drivers (New York), [...]

Thousands of nonessential flights create “helicopter hell” along Hudson River, including Hoboken2025-07-07T14:22:25-04:00

Photos from the Cove to Cove Migration Parade on June 15

Heather Gibbons proudly presenting a handcrafted Tern beside Martin Andersen, kicking off the parade for migratory birds and fish that inhabit the Lower Hudson River Estuary. Parade goers gather at the Weehawken Cove to end the parade. Christina Andersen holds a carved wooden tern beside other participant adorned with a [...]

Photos from the Cove to Cove Migration Parade on June 152025-06-24T14:23:40-04:00

Shorebirds of NJ Meadowlands & Hoboken waterfront are indicative of ecosystems’ resilience

FBW and Our Tern take a Hackensack Riverkeeper eco-cruise as Hoboken's colony of Terns make a comeback By Lila Jung | June 19, 2025 | Photo credit: Lila Jung Most Hoboken residents have no idea that a colony of Common Terns—gray-and-white migratory seabirds with black caps—has quietly made a home [...]

Shorebirds of NJ Meadowlands & Hoboken waterfront are indicative of ecosystems’ resilience2025-06-24T09:11:41-04:00

Join us for City of Water Day at the Hoboken waterfront: Saturday, July 12

City of Water Day is a region-wide day of free, family-friendly events on or near the water sponsored by the Waterfront Alliance and NY-NJ Harbor & Estuary Program. Now in its 18th year, this event serves to champion a climate-resilient New York and New Jersey Harbor. In Hoboken, the [...]

Join us for City of Water Day at the Hoboken waterfront: Saturday, July 122025-07-10T14:57:12-04:00

$30 million seawall repair puts Hoboken’s Castle Point Park off limits for most of 2025

A two-block stretch of Hoboken’s waterfront park is undergoing a massive infrastructure upgrade to stabilize the shoreline, further postponing long-awaited waterfront improvements FBW | June 6, 2025 | Photos by Lila Jung The linear park at Hoboken's waterfront is a popular route for runners, walkers and cyclists. For many [...]

$30 million seawall repair puts Hoboken’s Castle Point Park off limits for most of 20252025-06-09T14:07:36-04:00

Support sustainable shipping – Order your Boat Box today for the June 2025 sail freight delivery at Hoboken’s Shipyard Marina

Help shipping return to Hoboken, sustainably! FBW | May 7, 2025 The Schooner Apollonia, a restored 1946 merchant sailing vessel utilizing winds and the tides, ensures zero-emission deliveries of a variety of shelf-stable goods. Since its maiden voyage in May of 2020, the Apollonia has kept a full manifest through [...]

Support sustainable shipping – Order your Boat Box today for the June 2025 sail freight delivery at Hoboken’s Shipyard Marina2025-05-07T11:06:16-04:00

Discover Your Waterfront June 15, 2025

Discover Your Waterfront - Sunday, June 15, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Fund for a Better Waterfront, Resilience Adventures, the Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse and OurTern.com invite you to DISCOVER YOUR WATERFRONT with activities for all ages on the Hoboken Cove beach, including kayaking, paddle boarding, way-finding games and hands-on environmental science [...]

Discover Your Waterfront June 15, 20252025-06-17T10:48:08-04:00

PLANNED GIVING: Building a Legacy on the Waterfront

We are grateful to those donors who have made a commitment to the future of Hoboken’s waterfront by including FBW in their estate plans. There are a variety of creative ways to achieve both your personal and charitable goals, while supporting a continued legacy of sound planning. Listed below are some deferred giving options [...]

PLANNED GIVING: Building a Legacy on the Waterfront2025-04-30T14:55:32-04:00

Jane’s Walk: The Death & Life of Hoboken, a Great American City on Saturday, May 3rd

Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Kindly RSVP below. In her seminal book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Jane Jacobs writes about her West Village neighborhood in Manhattan. But she could have been describing densely populated Hoboken, with its rows of walk-up residential buildings [...]

Jane’s Walk: The Death & Life of Hoboken, a Great American City on Saturday, May 3rd2025-06-12T14:34:40-04:00

A Waterfront Tour & Conversation with FBW & the Inheritance Theater Project

A guided tour and discussion about Hoboken’s shoreline Hoboken’s waterfront holds deep meaning for residents—a scenic backdrop, a gathering place, a connection to nature, and a space shaped by community action. How has the waterfront changed over time? Who is it for? How can we ensure it remains accessible to everyone? Join Fund [...]

A Waterfront Tour & Conversation with FBW & the Inheritance Theater Project2025-06-12T14:35:38-04:00

FBW Board Profile: Architect, Carrow Thibault

Carrow Thibault and wife, Diane (right), with Susan Murcko and Michael Hill at FBW's annual Connect the Waterfront Event. Carrow Thibault has served on FBW’s Board of Directors for the past nine years and currently is the Board Secretary. Carrow is a registered architect in New Jersey and New York, accredited in [...]

FBW Board Profile: Architect, Carrow Thibault2025-04-02T09:46:38-04:00

Hoboken Council majority adopts Garage B Plan, turning a deaf ear to public opposition and Planning Board advisement

City has posted “Request for Conceptual Development Proposals” from real estate developers that are due by May 5th FBW | March 26, 2025 Hoboken residents overwhelmingly spoke in opposition to the City’s Redevelopment Plan for Garage B at the March 19th City Council meeting. Clearly, the potential behemoth that could result from [...]

Hoboken Council majority adopts Garage B Plan, turning a deaf ear to public opposition and Planning Board advisement2025-03-26T14:00:41-04:00

As the earth terns, a free slide lecture and discussion on April 17, 2025

Noelle Thurlow and Jeffrey Train tell the remarkable comeback story of the Common Tern and efforts underway to secure its home on Hoboken's waterfront Thursday, April 17 from 5 to 7 pm - A free slide show and discussion Hoboken Public Library 500 Park Avenue, Hoboken Celebrate Earth [...]

As the earth terns, a free slide lecture and discussion on April 17, 20252025-06-12T14:36:46-04:00

Is a 25-story development project appropriate for the Garage B site? Hoboken Council will decide Wed. night March 19

Let your elected officials know how you feel: send an email or text today or speak on the 19th Planning Board determines that redevelopment plan is out of scale with surrounding neighborhood and thus conflicts with Hoboken's Master Plan FBW’s public opinion survey shows strong preference for low to mid-rise development and opposition to [...]

Is a 25-story development project appropriate for the Garage B site? Hoboken Council will decide Wed. night March 192025-03-18T12:59:18-04:00

Redeveloper pay-to-play makes a comeback in Hoboken after two decades of reform

Four City Council members are running campaigns to be Hoboken’s next mayor. On Wednesday night, will developer money influence their votes on the Garage B Redevelopment ordinance? FBW | March 13, 2025 For the past several decades, Hoboken has been spared the insidious practice of real estate developers and firms [...]

Redeveloper pay-to-play makes a comeback in Hoboken after two decades of reform2025-03-18T13:05:20-04:00

The Inheritance Theater Project brings creative conversations and collaborative playmaking to Hoboken

Stories told by disparate voices about Hoboken and water to be distilled into a performance this spring at the Mile Square Theater FBW | March 1, 2025 On Chicago’s South Side and West Side, the Inheritance Theater Project (ITP) is bringing  together artists, activists and local leaders, sparking a dialogue [...]

The Inheritance Theater Project brings creative conversations and collaborative playmaking to Hoboken2025-03-01T09:17:24-05:00

Photos from the Hoboken + Water event conducted by the Inheritance Theater Project and hosted by FBW

Rose Ginsburg and Namibia Donadio from the Inheritance Theater Project lead the conversation about Hoboken + Water at the Hoboken Public Library, hosted by the Fund for a Better Waterfront. Attendees provided their word or phrase in response to "Hoboken" including historic, evolving, street life, human scale, enclosed, community, walkable, neighborly etc. [...]

Photos from the Hoboken + Water event conducted by the Inheritance Theater Project and hosted by FBW2025-06-12T14:37:30-04:00
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