Filed under: Public Programs
On June 2, Newarkers gathered from all five wards and beyond to walk with the Malcolm X. Shabazz & East Side Marching Bands from City Hall to the Passaic River.
Filed under: Public Programs
On Saturday, June 2, hundreds and hundreds of Newarkers and visitors gathered to celebrate the new Essex County Riverfront Park with style.
The Malcolm X. Shabazz ROTC & Marching Band led the Walk to the Water into the park.
Two trumpets and a drum performed the National Anthem.
Famed historian of Newark Dr. Clement A. Price reflected on the meaning of the day.
Capoeira demonstration by Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira.
Drum circle led by Joni Wellness.
Ecuadoran dancers!
Zumba!
Tiles painted by young and old sharing their experience of the day, to be used in the future as part of a riverfront public art project.
East Side High School Winter Guard!
Oliver Street School Step Dancers!
The Trust for Public Land brought something called a Sewer-in-a-Suitcase to help us understand something called Combined Sewer Overflow!
Traditional Portuguese musicians & dancers!
Yoga class!
Hand-made Portuguese boat!
Bill Good & the band!
Weequahic Park Association represented!
Newark’s Double Dutch team!
Poet Elijah Brown shuts it down
Filed under: Making the Rules for Development
We are happy to release the revised draft of Newark’s River: Public Access & Redevelopment Plan.
This plan updates Newark’s municipal development regulations along five miles of the city’s Passaic Riverfront. It replaces fifty-year-old zoning regulations primarily planned for industrial uses and lacking specific riverfront provisions with a legal framework that allows new uses and mixes of uses, consolidates design standards to create valuable urban places, and provides for public access as required by federal and state law.
Following the release of the public draft on February 27, 2012, a public information session was held at Newark City Hall on March 13, and public comments were collected until March 26. The revised draft represents many small changes made in response to these comments.
A hearing on this plan is scheduled before the Newark Central Planning Board on Monday, June 11, 2012, starting at 6:30 pm at Newark City Hall, 920 Broad Street, in the 2nd floor Council Chambers.
Download the revised plan here (PDF, 17 mb).
Download a synopsis of public comments & responses here (PDF, 150 kb).
For additional background, see the following:
Newark Riverfront Progress Report, August 2010
Draft Proposal: Newark Riverfront Development Framework, January 2010
Making the Rules for Riverfront Development: The Workbook, October 2009
