One Great Harbor: A Comprehensive Waterfront Plan for New Jersey

One Great Harbor:
A Comprehensive Waterfront Plan for New Jersey

From Englewood to Bayonne, in the State of New Jersey, counties and municipalities are progressively reinventing their waterfronts. A challenge before them is to share success stories and to cooperate more closely with each other and the sister City across the Harbor. New York City’s Comprehensive Waterfront Plan, released in March 2011, presents a rare opportunity for consolidating a progressive vision for both sides of the harbor and finding ways to share best practices, designs, and expertise across jurisdictions. This panel will explore what a Comprehensive Waterfront Plan would mean for New Jersey along with the challenges and benefits of its creation.

Moderator
Chris Daggett, President and CEO, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Panelists

• Robert Cotter, FAICP, PP, Director, Jersey City Division of City Planning Massiel
• Medina Ferrara, PP, AICP, Director of Planning, Hudson County, NJ, Division of Planning
• Dorina Frizzera, Coastal and Land Use Planning, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and Chair, NY/NJ Harbor Estuary Program Public Access Working Group
• Michael Marrella, AICP, Director of Waterfront and Open Space Planning, NYC Department of City Planning
• Mayor Dawn Zimmer, City of Hoboken