The Southwest Park combines passive green space and flood mitigation to meet the neighborhood's needs. It is New Jersey's first resiliency park with integrated green infrastructure to mitigate flooding.
The 1-acre Southwest Park is designed to mitigate flooding in the southwest Hoboken neighborhood by detaining 200,000 gallons of stormwater runoff through a series of green infrastructure including: rain gardens, porous pavers, a cistern for rainwater harvesting, and an underground detention system.
Constructed with low-interest financing from the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program (NJEIFP), the park design includes open lawn recreational space, a dog park,pop-up market, multi-level seating for small performances, and restrooms.
The City is in negotiations to acquire another 1-acre property to expand the park and its green infrastructure to the west. This expansion is included in the Delay, Store, Discharge strategy of the Rebuild by Design - Hudon River Project.
The Southwest Park combines passive green space and flood mitigation to meet the neighborhood's needs. It is New Jersey's first resiliency park with integrated green infrastructure to mitigate flooding.
The 1-acre Southwest Park is designed to mitigate flooding in the southwest Hoboken neighborhood by detaining 200,000 gallons of stormwater runoff through a series of green infrastructure including: rain gardens, porous pavers, a cistern for rainwater harvesting, and an underground detention system.
Constructed with low-interest financing from the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program (NJEIFP), the park design includes open lawn recreational space, a dog park,pop-up market, multi-level seating for small performances, and restrooms.
The City is in negotiations to acquire another 1-acre property to expand the park and its green infrastructure to the west. This expansion is included in the Delay, Store, Discharge strategy of the Rebuild by Design - Hudon River Project.
Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla announced an agreement with Academy Bus to acquire an additional acre of land to double the size of the current Southwest Resiliency Park.
Hoboken acquired “Block 10” for $11 million from Academy, which sits adjacent to the current Southwest Resiliency Park. The City financed the acquisition utilizing various grants and the Hoboken Open Space Trust Fund, with no impact on the 2021 municipal budget.
A temporary pop-up park was constructed in summer 2021 utilizing equipment from the previous Northwest pop-up park. The Southwest pop-up park at Block 10 allows for activation of the space while the City conducts a community process to design the permanent resiliency park.
The City of Hoboken hosted a virtual public meeting on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 6:00 PM to discuss plans for the pop-up park.
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Following the meeting, the City released a survey to collect feedback on the proposed concepts for the pop-up park. The City's design team incorporated feedback into the final concept design for the pop-up park, shown below.
Now the City is undergoing an open public planning process to design the final permanent expansion of the Southwest Park on Block 10.
This fall, the City and project team hosted the first public engagement sessions at the Block 10 Site, 57 Marshall Street/60 Harrison Street.
The City also gathered public feedback via an online survey to help the project team better understand the community's hopes, ideas, and concerns for the future park. The survey was open until 11/19/21.
For more information about the expansion of the Southwest Resiliency Park, please visit the Project Website
