Community Development News
Hoboken residents are invited to attend a public meeting to discuss the Western Edge Redevelopment Plan on Tuesday, September 14th from 7pm to 9pm at the Jubilee Center, 601 Jackson Street.
“Too often in the past, redevelopment has been based only on what developers wanted rather than reflecting the community’s vision,” said Mayor Dawn Zimmer. “By making public input a priority, we are enhancing the City’s negotiating advantage and providing greater control over the redevelopment process.”
On Tuesday, August 31, the City of Hoboken will host a “Redevelopment 101” informative seminar to educate the public on the redevelopment process.
“My Administration takes public input very seriously,” said Mayor Dawn Zimmer. “As we move forward with various redevelopment projects, an informed public will be in a position to offer the feedback we need to reflect our community’s vision for our City.”
The event, which will take place at the Multi Service Center, 124 Grand Street, from 7pm to 9pm, will be taped, replayed on television, and posted on the City website.
Hudson County and the City of Hoboken will hold a community event to unveil the final graphic renderings of the design plans for the area under the 14th Street Viaduct. The improvements are part of the plan to replace the viaduct connecting Hoboken and Union City.
Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise, Freeholder Anthony L. Romano, and Mayor Dawn Zimmer will join the stakeholder group involved in helping develop the design to unveil the graphic renderings on September 7th at 7:00pm underneath the Viaduct near Clearview Cinemas. Residents are invited to attend and learn about the plans for this exciting up-and-coming area of our City.
The City of Hoboken is unveiling the façade designs for the wet weather pump station being constructed along Observer Highway.
In March, 2010, the Zimmer Administration began a public process to solicit community feedback on the proposed initial pump station design.
Mayor Dawn Zimmer, Community Development Director Brandy Forbes, and representatives from the North Hudson Sewerage Authority and CH2M Hill, the engineering firm responsible for the pump station design, attended the public session.
Mayor Dawn Zimmer thanked residents for their participation in last night’s public meeting to discuss safety improvements along Newark Street and announced that in addition to two previously announced public meetings to discuss Observer Highway and a Pedestrian and Bike plan, there will be additional public meetings to discuss redevelopment in Hoboken.
“I want to thank all the residents who came out yesterday and shared their creative ideas for improving safety along Newark Street,” said Mayor Zimmer. “We plan to replicate the successful public process we saw both last night and for the 14th Street Viaduct planning to discuss development in town so any plans reflect the community’s vision for our City.”
Department of Community Development Director Brandy Forbes recently provided the City Council with a status update on projects including the ARC Tunnel, 1600 Park and Hoboken Cove, Maxwell Place Block E - Waterfront Park, Maxwell Place Block A - South Lawn, Master Plan Re-Examination, Southwest Redevelopment, Western Edge Redevelopment and Redevelopment Attorneys. Click here for the full memo.
The Planning Board of the City of Hoboken has retained the services of EFB Associates, LLC to prepare the 2010 Reexamination Report of the Master Plan and the City’s Development Regulations pursuant to NJSA 40:55D-89 of the Municipal Land Use Law which requires it to be completed every six (6) years. The Reexamination Report is a distinctly different document from a Master Plan both in content and requirements.
A large group of residents and elected officials attended and participated in a public meeting regarding the 14th Street Viaduct project at the Elks Lodge on Tuesday, January 12th.
