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Necessities before Amenities

  • 23 Jul 2019
  • 5:30 PM - 11:00 PM
  • City Hall - 280 Grove Street, Council Chambers

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On Tuesday July 23, 2019 at 5:30 PM, the City Planning Board will be presented with what is one of many development plans for the area lying north of Hamilton Park between 10th Street and Hoboken (Soho Lofts, Acme, Home Depot etc) and specifically, amendments to the Jersey City Avenue Light Rail Redevelopment Plan.   Already, there are more than 4000 additional units that have been approved/built in this area, and yet, there are NO PLANS for a PUBLIC SCHOOL, GREENSPACE, LIBRARY and PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.   And in total, approximately 8,100 units can ultimately be built here!  Specifically, in one version of a developer's plan that would be permitted in the plan, the developer is asking to build an enormous high rise with potentially more than 900 units and .5 parking. Where will those families send their children to school, where will those children play and learn, and where on earth will they park their cars? 

While HPNA supports City Council's recent proposal to amend the Jersey Avenue Light Rail Redevelopment Plan to include affordable housing, the Amendments are inadequate without also providing basic necessities: a public school/greenspace/library.  We need to demand BOTH affordable housing and these basic necessities to support the density that will be allowed.  

Join us to voice our objection to continued development without the provision of these basic civic necessities.  In addition to showing up, write an email to our City leaders.  If you cannot join in person, please write an email to Councilman James Solomon, Councilwoman at Large, Joyce Watterman, City Council President Rolanda Lavarro, Councilman at Large, Daniel Rivera and Mayor Steve Fulop and tell them that you oppose further development downtown until schools, parks and public transportation are planned for and set in stone.

Address: 344 Grove St. PMB #166, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Phone: +1 (201) 589-0750

Email: hpnajc@gmail.com

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Hamilton Park Neighborhood Association is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

344 Grove St., PMB #166, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Phone: +1 (201) 589-0750

email: hpnajc@gmail.com

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