EVENTS
FBW’s events are an opportunity for you to participate in making a waterfront that belongs to the people. Help us celebrate while supporting the vision of a contiguous public park along the Hudson River.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
FBW Open Office Hours: Wednesday, March 26 from 4 to 6 pm
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Neumann Leathers Building - 300 Observer Highway, Hoboken We would love to meet you and talk about our current projects as well as [...]
Hoboken + Water: A Creative Conversation with the Inheritance Theater Project | Hosted by Fund for a Better Waterfront
Please join us for a creative conversation exploring the history of Hoboken and its deep connection to water. Wednesday, February 19, 2025 | 4:30 to 6:30 pm | Hoboken Public Library, 500 Park Avenue [...]
Photos from FBW’s Connect the Waterfront 2024 – Part II
Jeffery Train accepted the Aaron Lewit Riparian Award for his work to preserve a colony of terns at Hoboken's north waterfront. Chris Eftychiou and Jeffrey Train with his wife Brie and [...]
Photos from Connect the Waterfront 2024 annual fundraiser
FBW's Connect the Waterfront Honorary Chair Mark Stehli chatting with guests. FBW's Chair Kate Valenta addressing the crowd. Lynne Shapiro accepted the FBW Riparian Award for her late [...]
At Connect the Waterfront 2024, FBW will honor Aaron Lewit, in memoriam, and Jeffrey Train with Riparian Awards
Aaron Lewit helped to spearhead FBW’s work with developers in creating Maxwell Place Park; Jeffrey Train has led efforts to preserve Hoboken’s colony of terns at the north waterfront At this year’s Connect [...]