“The Hudson County Division of Planning has notified HSPC that our application submitted to the County Board has been awarded $500,000 towards land acquisition for the SW6 Park.
On behalf of the city of Hoboken, HSPC completed the grant application in March, and gave a presentation to the board in April. The board was inundated with grant requests from 12 municipalities in Hudson County, all competing for a finite amount of distributable funds in what is currently one of the worst economic climates for charitable giving.
What does this mean for Hoboken?
HSPC secured $500k (one of the largest grants given this year) to help start the process of park land acquisition in southwest Hoboken.
This is great progress and HSPC will continue to work with our new Mayor to put other funding mechanisms in place for the SW6 Park.
On March 24th, Hoboken Southwest Parks Coalition, on behalf of the City of Hoboken, submitted an application to the Hudson County Division of Planning requesting $3 million in funds to help start the process of land acquisition for the SW Park. After the lengthy application process, HSPC was invited back April 6th to give a presentation on the SW6 application they submitted.
Although the SW6 application scored very high last year, both in proposal and presentation, the application was not awarded any funds because the City had not completed the appraisals. However, thanks to Council President Nino Giacchi and Councilwoman Beth Mason, a new and improved Appraisal Resolution was submitted to the council on January 7, 2009 and the appraisals have since been completed. HSPC is happy to report, at the end of their presentation, they were able to provide the Hudson County Open Space Advisory Board with the necessary appraisals to start the land acquisition process.
HSPC wants to thank Councilwoman Mason for attending the presentation and providing the board with more detailed information. They also want to thank Councilwoman Theresa Castellano for being an ardent supporter and cheerleader of SW6, unfortunately, a family emergency prevented her from attending this year’s presentation.
The County will announce financial awards within the next few months.
HSPC speaks to Hudson County Division of Planning
HSPC speaks to Hudson County Division of Planning
Beth Mason & HSPC speak to Hudson County Division of Planning
Beth Mason speaks to Hudson County Division of Planning
