VNA MEETING: MONDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH AT MADAME CLAUDE CAFE
September 22, 2011
VNA 2011-2012 “Season” Starts Monday!
Monday, September 26, 2011
7:30 PM
Madame Claude Cafe
364 1/2 Fourth Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302
On behalf of the The Village Neighborhood Association Board of Directors, I’d like to invite everyone to our first 2011-2012 meeting on Monday, September 26, 2011 at Madame Claude Cafe.
We were thrilled when Alice Troletto and her husband Mattias Gustafsson invited us to have our meeting in their restaurant. The restaurant will be closed to the public, so the VNA will be providing refreshments for our meeting.
To say the summer was quiet is truly an understatement. Hurricane Irene left many Village residents under water, while exposing city-wide problems with our infrastructure. Newark Avenue construction was often difficult to negotiate, and quality of life issues around student lunch hour unexpectedly resurfaced.
So what’s on our agenda for Monday?
VNA Meeting: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
September 17, 2010
The Village Neighborhood Association holds their monthly meeting on the third Tuesday of the month in the Auditorium of the Dr. Michael Conti Public School (PS #5). Meetings begin at 7:30pm and are open to the public. Please use the school’s main entrance located at 182 Merseles Street.
VNA Awarded $295,000 Grant Allocation for Village Park Project
September 14, 2010
The Village Neighborhood Association, in collaboration with The Jersey City Parks Coalition, has received the highly sought after recommendation from the Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund Board of Directors and County Executive Tom DeGise for $295,000 of matching funds for the redevelopment of The Village Park on First Street in The Village section of Downtown Jersey City. This is huge!
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VNA Meeting: Special Guest Councilman Steven Fulop
March 5, 2010
The Village Neighborhood Association
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: PS #5 (Please see the map below)
General Meeting Information:
The Village Neighborhood Association holds their monthly meeting on the second Tuesday of the month in the Auditorium of the Dr. Michael Conti Public School (PS #5). Meetings begin at 7:30pm and are open to the public. Please use the school’s main entrance located on Merseles Street. [Read more]
Sign the First Street Park Petition!
March 4, 2010
The Hudson County Open Space Trust Fund grant application submission deadline is quickly approaching, and we need your support.
Please click on the image above to be redirected to an online petition in support of available HCOS funds being granted to the renovation for the First Street Park in The Village section of downtown Jersey City.
The petition contains all of the background material about the park, so I ask you to please read it over and sign.
Support from the entire downtown Jersey City area is vital, so PLEASE spread the word!
VNA February Meeting: Village Park, Embankment, “Tax Revolt”
February 4, 2010
The Village Neighborhood Association holds their monthly meeting on the second Tuesday of the month in the Auditorium of the Dr. Michael Conti Public School (PS #5). Meetings begin at 7:30pm and are open to the public. Please use the school’s main entrance located at 182 Merseles Street.
VNA December Meeting: Property Taxes, Toy Drive, 4th Street Ball, and More
December 6, 2009
The Village Neighborhood Association holds their monthly meeting on the second Tuesday of the month in the Auditorium of the Dr. Michael Conti Public School (PS #5). Meetings begin at 7:30pm and are open to the public. Please use the school’s main entrance located at 182 Merseles Street.
VNA November Meeting: Newark Ave. Streetscape Phase III and More
November 15, 2009
The Village Neighborhood Association holds their monthly meeting on the second Tuesday of the month in the Auditorium of the Dr. Michael Conti Public School (PS #5). Meetings begin at 7:30pm and are open to the public. Please use the school’s main entrance located at 182 Merseles Street.
Design Firm Chosen for First Street Park in Jersey City
October 24, 2009
Entry view of the winning concept rendering for The First Street Park in The Italian Village section of Jersey City, New Jersey by Future Green Studio. First Street Park will be renamed "The Village Park" to better represent and serve the entire Village neighborhood.
Transformation of Long-Abandoned Italian Village Landmark Set to Begin
The Village Neighborhood Association (VNA), in collaboration with GothamWest Development, Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy, Jersey City Parks Coalition, the City of Jersey City, and Ward E Councilman Steven Fulop, is proud to announce the designation of Future Green Studio of Brooklyn as landscape architects of The First Street Park in the Italian Village section of Jersey City.
David Seiter is founding Principal of Future Green Studio – a design-build firm in Brooklyn, New York specializing in landscape architecture and green roof design. His portfolio includes international, high-profile, large-scale urban parks and waterfronts, high-end residential garden and estate planning for celebrity clients, and green roof design and implementation. [Read more]
VNA October Meeting: Design Presentations for First Street Park
October 10, 2009
The Village Neighborhood Association (VNA), in collaboration with Gotham West Development and the City of Jersey City, invites you to attend 4-FIRST, a presentation showcasing the visionary works of four landscape architecture firms aimed at transforming the long-abandoned and deteriorated First Street Park in the Italian Village. Invited design firms from across the New York metro area will present their design concepts for neighborhood feedback and consideration.
The presentation will be introduced by the First Street Park Restoration Committee, and a brief history of the site – from its civic advocacy origins in the 1940s to its Mayor Paul Jordan-led “Legacy of Parks” construction in the 1970s – will be given by John Gomez of JC Landmarks. [Read more]
