Connect the Waterfront's Honorary Chair Elvi Guzman welcoming the crowd. This year's annual fundraising party was again held at the Hoboken Elks Club. The FBW Riparian Award was granted to all of the people who voted "no" in 1990 and/or 1992 waterfront referendums that gave birth to FBW and our [...]
Erin Stehli, FBW Board Chair Kate Valenta, event Honorary Chair Elvi Guzman, Mayor-Elect Emily Jabbour and Mark Stehli. Brian Marsh and FBW Board member Jennifer Marsh checking in. Jenny Mynard with FBW architect Craig Whitaker and wife Jennifer Whitaker. Jenny Mynard is FBW's Project Coordinator and the daughter of Susan [...]
35 years of citizen action has produced an exemplary public waterfront for Hoboken FBW | November 19, 2025 “Every time I think about the waterfront, I know I had a small part in making that happen,” Lynda Weinstein “Witnessing 12 votes changing the future of our city [...]
Elvi Guzman, the Honorary Chair of Connect the Waterfront 2025, addressing the crowd. We are still buzzing from the incredible energy at the Connect the Waterfront fundraising party on November 13! Thanks to your support, the night was a celebration of 35 Years of Citizen Action and an unwavering commitment [...]
Entomologist Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home, was the keynote speaker Ron Hine | November 9, 2025 Several years ago, I read Doug Tallamy's influential book, Bringing Nature Home. He has taught us that native plants and insect populations have co-evolved for millions of years and have developed mutually [...]
FBW model for the Hoboken waterfront built in 1991 (dimensions: 12 foot x 4 foot) Neumann Leathers Building 300 Observer Highway, 5th Floor, Hoboken Sunday, November 2 Noon to 6 pm You’re invited. We would love to meet you and talk about the latest developments regarding Union Dry Dock & NY Waterway, Hartz [...]
The Flotsam River Circus delivering on their promise to bring "magic and whimsy to the world" on Hoboken's waterfront. The circus included acrobats and puppets who were accompanied by a lively band. Here is the zany Flotsam River Circus troupe who for the past month have traveled the Erie Canal [...]
Who The Fund for a Better Waterfront (FBW) will be there. Please visit our booth. We want to meet you and talk about the latest issues facing our waterfront. This annual festival is sponsored by the City of Hoboken. What Come see FBW's 1990 Plan for the Hoboken Waterfront that will be [...]
The jugglers, clowns, musicians and acrobats offer up a blend of circus artistry and environmental storytelling for riverfront communities The Flotsam River Circus, a zany troupe of puppeteers, acrobats, musicians and clowns, have enchanted waterfront communities across the country. After traveling the 363-mile length of the Erie Canal and [...]
Come join Honorary Chair Elvi Guzman, Founder-President of Winning Events Group, and FBW on Thursday, November 13, from 7-9 PM at the Elks Lodge on Washington Street. This is FBW’s only fundraising party of the year – please plan to attend! Your support helps us fulfill our mission to achieve a fully-connected public [...]
Now in its 18th year, City of Water Day is a region-wide celebration organized by the Waterfront Alliance and the NY–NJ Harbor & Estuary Program. By Lila Jung | July 17, 2025 On Saturday July 12, four men sat casually in fold-out chairs, fishing lines cast into the Hudson, [...]
The Hudson River Fishermen Association offered a fishing clinic at the North Pier at Maxwell Place Park providing rods, reels & bait. (Photo credit: Lila Jung) Our Tern's Jeffrey Train provided a spotting scope for people to view the return of the terns and their hatchlings on Pier 11. The [...]
July 7, 2025 Free, 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
