Carol Boncelet, Joan Prusse, Irina Tartakovsky, Greta Vassallo and Ron Hine at the Fund for a Better Waterfront booth at the Hoboken Cove. Mayor Emily Jabbour at FBW's Question Wall. FBW's Question Board allowed people to reply with colored dots. Note the overwhelming vote in favor of more "canopy trees" [...]
Yoga, bird watching, kayaking, outrigger canoe trips, biodiversity exploration, Polynesian culture and more -- a full day of free, family recreation and waterfront advocacy FBW | July 16, 2026 In its 19th year, City of Water Day -- celebrating the waterways that connect us -- returns to the shorelines of the [...]
City of Water Day 2026 - Living With Water: Celebrating Access to the Waterways That Connect Us - Schedule of Events for Saturday, July 25 Free fun for all ages. All activities take place on or near Maxwell Place Park, 1100 Sinatra Drive North, Hoboken. Urban Souls, 10 am [...]
Hoboken Memorial Day Parade United States 250th Anniversary Saturday, May 30, 2026 Starting time: 11:00 a.m. This year Hoboken's Memorial Day Parade will be bigger than ever, in celebration of our country's 250th Anniversary. FBW will be partnering with Our Tern, Resilience Adventures and other environmental advocates in the march. Please join us. [...]
Photo credit: Sophia Castiglione Kate Jacobs, co-owner of Little City Books, talked about her Aunt Jane to start off Hoboken Jane's Walk 2026. Jane Jacobs wrote her seminal book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, in 1961 citing many examples from her West Village neighborhood in Manhattan. But she could have been [...]
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 on [...]
On Thursday, May 14th, FBW will join dozens of other local non-profit organizations registered for #HudsonGives, an online day of giving. The Hudson County Chamber Foundation hosts this virtual event to support the wide range of not-for-profit organizations working – and enriching – Hudson County. It’s easy to participate: just log onto hudsongives.org [...]
Jane Jacobs celebrated in over 500 cities around the world & in Hoboken Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 10:30 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 [...]
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 [...]
