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Re: Wayne Street Issues
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As far as the drugs and drinking, it's up to the police and the community to be proactive and involved. Thirty years I've been here and it's the same issue for this one block.
Posted on: 2015/9/25 15:51
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Posted on: 2015/9/24 1:12
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Re: Pershing Field Pool Members - JOIN the Fight for our Weekend Hours
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Posted on: 2015/7/18 21:10
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Re: Pershing Field Pool Members - JOIN the Fight for our Weekend Hours
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Just a general inquery, how can you have a membership to what is part of a public park?
Posted on: 2015/7/18 20:12
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Films in Van Vorst Park 2015
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Tonight in Van Vorst Park at 8:15pm, "The Imitation Game".
Take a friend, bring a chair, free movie and popcorn!
Posted on: 2015/6/10 22:56
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Re: What Jersey City Restaurant Do You Miss the Most?
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Kiki's on Second-in the late 80's early 90's, the best food downtown.
Posted on: 2015/6/1 19:19
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Re: O’Lala Empanadas & International Cuisine
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Come sample their great tasting empanadas at our farmers' market each Saturday in VVP.
Posted on: 2015/6/1 1:41
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Re: Van Vorst Park's Flea Market rescheduled to May 30th
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Looks like rain has been taken out of the forecast, so come join your neighbors in either buying or selling other people's treasures.Quote:
Posted on: 2015/5/29 21:02
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Van Vorst Park's Flea Market rescheduled to May 30th
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Due to the forecast for rain tomorrow, which I'm not really convinced is correct, I'm rescheduling the flea market to May 30th to be on the safe side. Sorry for any inconvenience.
parkman Van Vorst Park Community Flea Market & $$$$$ FUNDRAISER $$$$$ Saturday, May 30th / 9am- 4pm The Friends of Van Vorst Park is pleased to announce the first Community Flea Market of the season to raise funds for all the valuable work our volunteer group does to improve and maintain beautiful Van Vorst Park as an urban oasis for our neighborhood. Donations listed below will cover your cost to sell merchandise. The Participants provide their own 3? x 5? tables. $25.00 for a Single Table $40.00 for a Double Table $60.00 for a Triple Table All spots are on a first come-first serve basis except for the NW entrance, which is reserved for a food vendor. To participate, please drop off your check in an envelope to SUBIA?S MARKET at 506 Jersey Avenue, and make it out to: Friends of Van Vorst Park Inc. with ?donation to VVP? noted in the memo. Or, go to: www.fvvp.org for Credit Card payments. Please leave your number or email address in case notification of a rain date is required. 100% of your donation goes into the park! For conformation, additional information or any questions please email: marcwesson7@gmail.com or call 201 433~6553 M-F The Friends of Van Vorst Park is a 501?-3 non-profit corporation. ?Van Vorst Park ? A Community Grows Here?
Posted on: 2015/5/15 18:56
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In 1835, Cornelius Van Vorst deeded a two-acre parcel of farmland, what is now Jersey City, to be used as a passive park. The Friends of Van Vorst Park has tried to adhere to this by keeping the active portions within that scale (4 swings, small playground, 4 element spraygound, and two passive pet-free lawns). We are not Hamilton Park, and they did not want to be like us (as voted by the HP community in the recent renovation). Angel Ramos Park, two short blocks away, has a full court basketball court, which is slated to be resurfaced, along with the replacement of its playground. I hope the residents of this community can appreciate this small oasis within downtown that they may come to and relax, sunbath, read, and view what we think is some of the best planted gardens in any public park within Jersey City. -parkman
Posted on: 2015/5/13 0:15
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Posted on: 2015/5/12 20:29
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Van Vorst Park's First Fundraising Flea Market 2015
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Van Vorst Park
Community Flea Market & $$$$$ FUNDRAISER $$$$$ Saturday, May 16th / 9am- 4pm The Friends of Van Vorst Park is pleased to announce the first Community Flea Market of the season to raise funds for all the valuable work our volunteer group does to improve and maintain beautiful Van Vorst Park as an urban oasis for our neighborhood. Donations listed below will cover your cost to sell merchandise. The Participants provide their own 3? x 5? tables. $25.00 for a Single Table $40.00 for a Double Table $60.00 for a Triple Table All spots are on a first come-first serve basis except for the NW entrance, which is reserved for a food vendor. To participate, please drop off your check in an envelope to SUBIA?S MARKET at 506 Jersey Avenue, and make it out to: Friends of Van Vorst Park Inc. with ?donation to VVP? noted in the memo. Or, go to: www.fvvp.org for Credit Card payments. Please leave your number or email address in case notification of a rain date is required. 100% of your donation goes into the park! For conformation, additional information or any questions please email: marcwesson7@gmail.com or call 201 433~6553 M-F The Friends of Van Vorst Park is a 501?-3 non-profit corporation. ?Van Vorst Park ? A Community Grows Here?
Posted on: 2015/5/7 2:24
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Posted on: 2015/4/4 2:24
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Van Vorst will begin April 25th at 8:00am with at least half our vendors, and all on May 2nd. As soon as I get commitments from new members, I'll share the list of products...many new items.
Posted on: 2015/4/2 22:41
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Re: Downtown Jersey City businesses take on local farmers market
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Posted on: 2015/3/24 1:37
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Re: Downtown Jersey City businesses take on local farmers market
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The new ordinance defining what a ?Farmers? Market? designation should be within the city, does not exclude others from having food trucks or prepared foods?see the definition below. SID zones, such as Grove St and Journal Square, fall under other regulations, which may preclude food trucks if that zone is to be called a ?Farmers? Market?. The differentiations are based on the definition, and separate fee structures of each event?one may be a Farmers? Market, the other considered a festival.
?C_ At least 55% of the total volume of all products available for sale must be a farm product harvested or produced within 300 miles of Jersey City?. ?FARM; PRODUCT - shall mean any agricultural horticultural, forest product, or other product of the soil or water including but not limited to, fruits, vegetables, eggs, dairy products, meat and meat products, poultry and poultry products, fish and fish products, gram and grain products, honey., nuts, _preserves^ maple sap products, apple cider, fruit juice, ornamental or vegetable plants, nursery products, flowers, firewood and Christmas trees.? All Famers? Markets within Jersey City will have prepared foods; it?s the proportion that will that permit them to called that. As an example, Van Vorst will have 11 vendors, 3 of them farmers, but they will be over 55% of the volume in the market. We will have coffee, empanadas, flowers/plants, nuts, meats, baked goods, sauces, juices, gourmet pizza, gelato, knife sharpening, and organic face products. The food truck issue needs to be resolved separately, and they should be supported as well. parkman
Posted on: 2015/3/18 3:41
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Re: Who is the best/worst officer in JCPD to report street/sexual harassment to?
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Thank you for the clarification, Dina is that person.
Posted on: 2015/1/21 2:38
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Re: Who is the best/worst officer in JCPD to report street/sexual harassment to?
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I'm wondering why you are using a blog to answer an issue like this?
It seems like calling the police or at least letting the community know what promted the question would be more appropriate. That said, Dina is the contact officer for downtown, and is very responsive. 201-547-4370
Posted on: 2015/1/21 2:07
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Re: Free Daffodils for JC residents from the Jersey City Parks Coalition-Big Dig 2014
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Tomorrow, rain or shine, I will have bulbs available at the Van Vorst Park Farmers? Market from 11am-1pm. You may have up to 50 high quality bulbs if you sign a pledge to plant them before Nov. 5th, have a location that the public may see, and that you are a Jersey City resident. Come out and help us raise our total of planted bulbs in all the wards of JC to 230,000 over the last 4 years. If you can?t make it to VVP tomorrow, the Lincoln Park Farmers? Market will also have bulbs on Sunday (11/2/14). parkman
Posted on: 2014/11/1 3:29
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Re: Free Daffodils for JC residents from the Jersey City Parks Coalition-Big Dig 2014
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First of all, thank you for participating in the Jersey City Park Coalition?s fourth annual ?Big Dig ? event. It?s not too late for others to join as well as we have about 15,000 bulbs left of 91,000 to give away free this Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. Please check out our home page at www. jcparks.org for locations and times. To answer your question, these bulbs are of very high quality and are a ?naturalizing? variety, which means they will come back each year if planted and maintained properly?they will also multiply. They will do best in the ground, in a deep planter or window box, small pots are not adequate. Any good soil will work; they are not fussy about light (though not complete shade), and with average watering, They may be planted in a tree pit as long as you can get enough room around the tree?s roots?.we did this on the perimeter of Van Vorst Park. I you do use a tree pit, I suggest that you plant away from the curb in order to avoid the salt from the street during winter. Unless dog pee is the only source of liquid the bulbs get, that shouldn?t be a problem, although it would be better without that kind of moisture. In order to have them come back strong each year and help them multiply, you must remove the seed head after flowering, which will direct the energy of the plant back into the bulb instead of the seedpod. Do not remove the leaves until they start to turn yellow, which may be a month or so, then cut them to the ground. Hope this is not too much info, but if you follow the above you?ll have years of healthy daffodils. Thanks for adding to our 138,000 already in the ground, and for helping to make Jersey City a little more beautiful in the spring. parkman
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Re: Free Daffodils for JC residents from the Jersey City Parks Coalition-Big Dig 2014
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Let?s make next spring even more spectacular, with homeowners and tenants taking pride in the community they would like to improve. parkman
Posted on: 2014/10/2 3:03
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Re: Free Daffodils for JC residents from the Jersey City Parks Coalition-Big Dig 2014
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Please visit our website at www.jcparks.org for more background, images of previous Big Digs, and ways you can help in our parks. Also on Facebook at Jersey City Parks Coalition. parkman
Posted on: 2014/9/25 13:15
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Re: Free Daffodils for JC residents from the Jersey City Parks Coalition-Big Dig 2014
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They actually need to be in the cold for the winter but must be planted early enough to establish a root system. These are top quality "naturalizing" bulbs that will return each spring and multiply over the years if properly maintained.
Posted on: 2014/9/25 3:52
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Free Daffodils for JC residents from the Jersey City Parks Coalition-Big Dig 2014
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PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS Join the Jersey City Parks Coalition ?BIG DIG 2014 Give Away? The Jersey City Parks Coalition has partnered with the City of Jersey City and its various agencies since 2011 on an annual citywide project known as the BIG DIG. The goal was to engage residents with an opportunity to volunteer for National Make a Difference Day with a citywide project that would effectively beautify parks, public spaces, gateways, major intersections along with public school and library grounds with colorful spring blooming bulbs. The Jersey City Parks Coalition will be promoting its fourth annual BIG DIG this October but adding a unique twist that extends the beautification from the public spaces to the homeowner and tenants (who have permission from their landlords to plant), in widow boxes. planters, lawns, and tree pits. Instead of asking residents to be volunteers, we will be asking them to actually volunteer their own front yards as planting sites for dozens of daffodils, free of charge, for neighbors and visitors to enjoy. Every participant will sign a pledge to plant where all can see the blooms. It continues our goal of promoting civic pride in not only the public spaces but now encourages homeowner participation and neighborhood beautification. All you need to know are in the attachments & link but here are some highlights: ? If you live in Jersey City or own property here, take the pledge ? Encourage your neighbors to take the pledge?.it?s easy! ? If you own a business become a sponsor of the BIG DIG. Consider an investment in our City by choosing a sponsorship level appropriate to your Company?s community investment goals. ? Make a personal donation of $100 and you can receive a bag of 250 premium daffodil bulbs. I know the difference we can all make in our neighborhoods. Won?t you join me? I've attached the sponsorship packet, the hard copy pledge form and here?s the link to register on line: http://www.eventbrite.com/ search for Big Dig The Jersey City Parks Coalition welcomes you to the 2014 BIG DIG Giveaway!!! Each October since 2011, the Jersey City Parks Coalition (JCPC) and the City of Jersey City has asked for volunteers to help plant Jersey City?s public spaces with spring bulbs for National Make a Difference Day. Many residents and corporate employees responded to that call. With their help, over 138,000 daffodils and tulips have been planted that brighten up our city every spring with vibrant yellow, red and orange flowers. This year the JCPC would like to extend that color into each neighborhood by asking residents to participate by planting THEIR OWN properties with daffodil bulbs in a front yard including tree wells in front of a home or apartment building, window boxes or planters. The JCPC will be distributing daffodil bulbs free of charge to anyone who signs the pledge committing to plant bulbs where they will be seen by everyone; neighbors and visitors alike to Jersey City. Bulbs can be picked up Oct. 11 to Oct. 19 at designated locations and need to be in the ground by Nov. 1. So take the pledge and together with the JCPC we will make Jersey City a more beautiful city for everyone who lives, works and visits here. Regsiter on line at: http://www.eventbrite.com/ search for Big Dig (be sure that the location is set to Jersey City, NJ) If you don?t have access to the internet completed Pledge forms can be returned to your local JCPC representative or mailed to: Jersey City Parks Coalition, PO Box 17196, Jersey City, NJ 07307 Plant and Care Information: Daffodils are perennial spring blooming yellow flowers with green foliage, returning year after year. They also naturalize which means they multiply when given the proper planting location in the ground. But they are also excellent for pots and window boxes. They like full sun best but will tolerate some shade. Daffodil bulbs dislike wetness (wet feet) and require well drained soil (pots and window boxes must have drainage holes). The bulbs are rabbit, rodent and squirrel resistant. A low nitrogen fertilizer, like bulb booster, can be applied in the spring when growth begins to appear. After the flower head fades it should be removed so the plant?s energy goes into the bulb and doesn?t form seeds. Most importantly, the foliage must not be cut once the flower fades or the plant will not build the strength to bloom the next spring. Overall daffodils require little care once established and will continue to burst into bloom in the early spring for years to come.
Posted on: 2014/9/25 3:17
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Free Children's Theater performances in the park
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This is a professional adult acting group that performs for children, and they have received grants and donations to put on four free shows, in four of our parks.
Please come out an support this wonderful organization, and hopefully this will become an annual event expanded to other public spaces. Look Who's Coming to a Park near you... Jersey City Children's Theater Plays in the Parks FREE TO THE PUBLIC!!!! Saturday July 19th 2pm Arlington Park Saturday July 19th 4:30 Ercel Webb (Lafayette) Park Sunday July 20th 1pm Riverview Park Sunday July 20th 3:30pm Pershing Field Brought to you by: City of Jersey City Communipaw Avenue Block Association Friends of Arlington Park Jersey City Parks Coalition Pershing Field Garden Friends Riverview Neighborhood Association and SILVERMAN www.jcchildrenstheater.org
Posted on: 2014/7/12 15:48
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Re: Construction in Van Vorst Park?
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Five years ago I decided to try a sprinkler event in VVP for kids under 12 on our pet free lawn for an hour, three times a week during the summer. Each event drew more and more children, so I decided to apply for grants to build a permanent feature in the park.
As one of the applications to Green Acres and Hudson County Open Space grants through the Jersey City Parks Coalition, of which we are members, we received $80,000 from the state and $40,000 from the county, to build a Sprayground adjacent to our current playground. The concept was through the Friends of Van Vorst Park, Inc, which is a 501 ?)(3) non-profit, and was approved by the Jersey City Council for construction as a donation to the city. It took the last five years to get local, state, and county approvals to start construction, and I hope to open the Sprayground by July 4th weekend. The only thing that will be missing for three weeks will be the learning element that needs to be applied after the cement has cured for 28 days. This will include a snake shaped alphabet, compass, clock, numbered hopscotch, and color wheel, which can be used as a learning area when it?s not in use as a Sprayground. I would like to thank the Jersey City Parks Coalition, who is made up of your neighbor volunteers that are trying to develop and improve many of our parks that have been ignored or abandoned by the city due to financial constraints, the city?s Architectural Department, particularly Brian Weller, its Director, our past and present mayors and council, who have supported this project, community members who know we are short of funds and have contributed, and those that appreciate what we are trying to accomplish in this little oasis in our urban environment. That is the short answer. parkman
Posted on: 2014/6/19 2:17
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Re: Construction in Van Vorst Park?
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I could tell you, but then I'd have to send you to Bayonne.
Let me finish watching Think you can Dance, and I'll explain. parkman
Posted on: 2014/6/19 0:33
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