4 Park Plans Floated For Hoboken; Residents Asked To Weigh In

Hoboken NJ

01 March, 2022

9:34 AM

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HOBOKEN, NJ — The city is inviting residents to a virtual meeting Thursday to find out what they want in the expansion of the Southwest Park. The city is looking for feedback on four proposed concept designs (see all four above). Two community engagement sessions and an online survey revealed the top features community members wanted to incorporate. They include pickleball courts, playground equipment, bathrooms, a grass lawn, and places to eat outdoors. The expansion of the Southwest Resiliency Park will double the existing park inside, adding space at 60 Harrison St. "It's not often that Hoboken gets to create more open space," Mayor Ravi Bhalla said, "which is why I am looking forward to creating a permanent, expanded resiliency park that includes critical flood infrastructure to help mitigate localized flooding." While the design for the final park expansion is ongoing, residents can currently utilize the outdoor space. The city erected a temporary pop-up park in 2021 using equipment from the previous Northwest Pop-up Park following the city's acquisition of the 1 acre of property from Academy Bus in April of 2021. The city acquired the additional acre of land with funds from Hudson County's Open Space Trust Fund, Green Acres and Hoboken's Open Space Trust Fund. To register to join the meeting and learn more about suggested park features, go tohttps://bit.ly/3M4f4ZP. A recording of the virtual meeting will be posted on the project website at www.hobokennj.gov/swparkphase2 following the meeting. Did you know? You can get a free daily newsletter each morning at 6 a.m. with local news in your Hudson County town, or breaking news: Sign up with your zip code here and you'll get an email asking for your preferences. Get a free morning newsletter with news in any New Jersey town: https://patch.com/subscribe