As the President of the NNA, I wanted to thank everyone involved in our park petition signature drive back in March, 2007, as well as those who supported our application for Hudson County Trust Fund monies. This includes the many downtown community organizations who we hope to work with in the future on mutual goals that promise to improve the quality of life in downtown Jersey City and bridge the divides between our various communities. I also must thank Mr. Fermin Garcia of LeFrak management, who facilitated this effort by setting up tables in most of the Newport buildings during this petition signature drive and who also supplemented the NNA petition with a LeFrak petition which generated an additional 440 signatures.
Also, my sincere thanks to the NNA members/Newport residents who generously volunteered their time to get the petitions signed. And, of course, a thank you to all Newport, Avalon Cove and Hoboken residents who showed their support for this effort by signing the petition, some 1,200 in all. None of this could have been accomplished without all of your efforts.
As to the park initiative, we are working with Mayor Healy's staff and the Port Authority to actually bring this dream of a public park in Newport to fruition. These types of initiatives typically take time as there is much planning required by governmental entities, including budgeting the costs, in this case, to remediate the damage to the surface of the Port Authority pier. But we are moving forward and appreciate the patience of the downtown Jersey City and Newport communities.
For those who expressed an interest in joining the NNA, I invite you to our Spring meeting which will be held next Wednesday evening, May 30th, at 7:30 pm at COSI's restaurant/coffee shop across from the Pavonia Path Station on Washington Blvd. Our agenda for this meeting includes setting up a team to address the concerns already raised by many Newport residents for pedestrian safety as a result of the increased car traffic on our few public streets and the increased population in Newport. In addition, we will be planning social events for this summer and unveiling the new NNA T-shirt. COSI's will be serving complimentary hors doerves so come out and show your support for the community.
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I attended the NNA Spring meeting which was quite interesting. The NNA is forming exercise groups to meet some of the needs of Newport residents. Second, they almost sold all of their new T-shirts. Indeed, I purchased one for only $10. It's got their new, rather good looking blue logo. So I highly recommend checking it out. Just email Robert, the Pres.
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