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Hoboken begins construction on Southwest popup park
Park set to open this summer
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Mayor Ravi Bhalla, elected officials, and residents celebrated the acquisition of an acre of land at Block 10 for the expansion of the city’s Southwest Resiliency Park and launched construction for the new pop-up park.
Last month, the city announced an agreement to acquire Block 10 from Academy Bus for $11 million.
Now, Block 10 – bounded by Marshall Street to the west, New York Avenue to the south, Harrison Street to the east, and buildings to the north- will become public, open space and double the size of the adjacent Southwest Resiliency Park.
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The City of Hoboken is seeking a qualified planner and project manager to serve in the Department of Environmental Services, focusing on environmental projects.
The City of Hoboken is a one square-mile city of 53,000 residents along the Hudson River. Hoboken was certified as the first LEED Gold City in New Jersey by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2019, and achieved Silver Certification from Sustainable Jersey in 2017. The City is currently pursuing the Sustainable Jersey Gold Star in energy, as well as the ICLEI Race to Zero. As an urban coastal city, Hoboken is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, which continues to threaten quality of life for Hoboken residents.
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Taxes remain stable in Hoboken’s preliminary budget
American Rescue Plan funding will make up for pandemic deficit ×
Hoboken will host a public hearing on the budget on May 5.
Hoboken taxpayers may breathe a sigh of relief after the administration presented a preliminary municipal budget that would keep taxes stable.
The $118.3 million budget, introduced to the council on April 7, makes up for roughly $6.4 million in lost revenues caused in part by the COVID-19 pandemic with $7 million of federal funds from the American Rescue Plan.
Last year Hoboken faced a multi-million-dollar budget gap caused by an increase in pension payments, health care, union contract payments, garbage hauling contracts, loss in revenues from court fees and the Hoboken Parking Utility, and lack of surplus regeneration.
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Hoboken council adopts revised Monarch settlement
Agreement earns mixed reviews from the public ×
Hoboken and Ironstate Development will enter into an agreement that will prevent two 11-story towers, known as the Monarch, from being developed on the northern waterfront.
After years of litigation, Hoboken and the developers of the controversial Monarch project may come to an amicable solution now that the Hoboken City Council has adopted a resolution approving a new settlement agreement.
The agreement with Ironstate Development will prevent two 11-story high-rises on Hoboken’s waterfront from being built, provide the city with roughly 1.5 acres of open space, and relocate the city’s Department of Public Works Garage.