Significant progress for Hoboken’s continuous, public waterfront park, first proposed by FBW in 1990, will be made in 2024-2025 FBW | January 31, 2024 Construction of a 2.5-acre waterfront park at the north end of Hoboken at the Weehawken Cove has started. This will be the first major [...]
Help shipping return to Hoboken, sustainably! FBW | January 30, 2024 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 [...]
Purchase price of $18.5 million to be paid to NY Waterway; deed will be amended to conform to Open Space Trust Fund ordinance FBW | January 22, 2024 A Consent Order for Final Judgment signed by Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Jablonski on January 11 has granted to the City of Hoboken clear [...]
Thursday, February 22, 2024 | 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Hoboken Public Library, 500 Park Avenue A slide lecture by Ron Hine, the Executive Director of the Fund for a Better Waterfront, on the time-tested urban design principles that have made Hoboken’s waterfront so successful, guided by a plan and vision laid out more than 30 [...]
FBW notifies City officials of discrepancy with lease boundaries FBW | January 4, 2024 Bowman Consulting produced a map for NY Waterway of the Union Dry Dock site with erroneous lease boundaries. The City of Hoboken posted this map on its Maritime Park website. FBW contacted City officials to point out the [...]
34 groups, including the Fund for a Better Waterfront, file an Amicus brief in federal court New Jersey traffic headed to the entrance of the Holland Tunnel. FBW | January 3, 2024 The Central Business District (CBD) Tolling Program, also known as the congestion pricing plan, would charge $15 [...]
Once the court approves the Consent Order for Final Judgment, NY Waterway will receive the agreed-upon purchase price of $18.5 million and the City of Hoboken will finally have clear title to the Union Dry Dock property FBW | November 27, 2023 In November of 2017, Hoboken was stunned by [...]
We’re excited to announce that our Board of Directors has generously offered to match every dollar – up to $12,000 – that we raise during our Spring Appeal from now City of Water Day on July 13th. Please consider a gift to support FBW's mission and free public programming. Suggested Donation Levels are [...]
FBW's annual fundraising party was a great success. Thank you to our sponsors and everyone who came and gave so generously. FBW Board member Carrow Thibault talking with Rose Perry and Jim Perry, Honorary Chair of the event. Erin Stehli, Elizabeth Rakela (Bronze Sponsor) with Melissa Shepard and friends. FBW Chair [...]
The City also agrees to deed restriction language required by the City’s Open Space Trust Fund Ordinance FBW | November 14, 2023 The latest dispute over the Union Dry Dock property was resolved last night when the Hoboken City Council approved a settlement agreement between the City and the Fund for [...]
This is an opportunity to support a local nonprofit whose 1990 Plan for the Hoboken Waterfront is being realized, including a continuous, public park along Hoboken’s Hudson River shoreline Connect the Waterfront 2023 - Take me to the River Honorary Chair James Perry Thursday, November 9th from 7-9 p.m. Hoboken Elks Lodge, [...]
Living shorelines; an updated, concrete skate park; an expansive lawn surrounded with canopy trees; two new piers, one for docking historic vessels, and a civic building are featured FBW | November 1, 2023 For the former Union Dry Dock property, people have advocated for passive green space, a new [...]
The Apollonia crew will receive FBW’s Riparian Award at Connect the Waterfront 2023 at the Hoboken Elks Club on November 9 FBW | October 18, 2023 Based in Germantown, New York, Hudson Valley Malt produces malt using traditional, old-school methods, utilizing locally grown barley, wheat and rye. On June 14, [...]
Millions invested for Hoboken's flood mitigation shows limited results Are you in the new flood zone? Use the FEMA address lookup tool for Region II to find out: Address Lookup FBW | October 11, 2023 Climate change has wrought more frequent storms of greater magnitude and brought warming temperatures that result [...]
Honorary Chair James Perry and the Fund for a Better Waterfront cordially invite you to FBW's annual fundraising party Thursday, November 9th from 7-9 p.m. Elks Lodge, 1005 Washington Street, Hoboken Open Bar (beer and wine) | Hors d'oeuvres by Abbey Bell Catering Jazz & R&B trio JimboRo and Sylvester “Sly” Scott with a [...]
Lead-Free Hoboken is a group of concerned citizens with the specific mission of working with the City of Hoboken to secure compliance with the requirements of New Jersey's Safe Drinking Water Act and to eradicate all the lead service lines in our community Water main replacement on Grand Street in Hoboken includes replacing [...]
This preferred alternative includes the skate park, an expansive lawn, expanded beach and forest trails FBW | August 29, 2023 Following the second public meeting conducted in July via Zoom, the design team for the park at Union Dry Dock conducted a second survey. 869 people responded. Of the [...]
More trees provide essential protections as our cities and the world is threatened by rising temperatures The last significant addition to Hoboken tree canopy coverage was at Hoboken's South Waterfront in the 1990s. FBW | August 14, 2023 According to Google's Environmental Insights Explorer (EIE), 13 percent of [...]
FBW, Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse, Ke Aloha Outrigger, Hudson River Fishermen Association and Resilience Paddle Sports celebrated City of Water Day at the Hoboken Cove on July 15, 2023 Launching the Ke Aloha Outrigger canoe. A kayak launch. Gear supplied by the Hoboken Cove Community Boathouse. Human-powered boating in the [...]
FBW | July 25, 2023 A beach and boathouse in Hoboken have been a haven for paddlers but there is a need to expand If you are seeking to get out on the Hudson River via kayak, standup paddleboard or sailing dinghy, beware of the swift currents and shifting tides. Launching your boat [...]
