Weather Postpones Day Of Family Events At Hoboken's New Anti-Flood Resiliencity Park

HOBOKEN, NJ — The city of Hoboken had planned a slate of family friendly events this Saturday to welcome people to the new Resiliency Park in the northwest section of town. But as the park is designed to hold up to 2 million gallons of water, it may be serving a different purpose by then.

City spokesperson Marilyn Baer said Wednesday that the planned events (see the list below) are being postponed until later this summer, due to the weather.

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The former Northwest Park in Hoboken reopened two weeks ago with a playground, fountain, Adirondack-style chairs, a sandbox, and many more features both passive and active.

But the park is also designed to help combat Hoboken's flooding problem. The 5-acre park has garden features to hold up to 2 million gallons of rainwater.

The final phase of the park, Terrace Pavilion, will include restrooms, a community room. and a cafe run by Alessio's. It's expected to open in fall.

The city had initially planned to run these activities over the coming weekend:

• MLB Play Ball Clinics
• Brooklyn Nets Youth Training Clinics
• Cheer Dynamics showcase
• NJ Devils Ball Hockey Clinic

ResilienCity Park was funded in part by a $10 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure in Communities (BRIC) program.

For more information on ResilienCity Park, formerly known as the Northwest Resiliency Park, go towww.hobokennj.gov/nwpark.

Read prior reporting on the park here.