{"id":661955,"date":"2024-08-23T00:02:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T04:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/?p=661955"},"modified":"2024-08-23T09:33:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:33:06","slug":"are-you-concerned-about-flooding-attend-the-environmental-justice-alliances-community-meeting-in-hackensack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/661955\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Concerned About Flooding? Attend the Environmental Justice Alliance\u2019s Community Meeting in Hackensack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On June 1, 2024, volunteers installed plants in the Community Rain Garden located at Hackensack High School. Photo Credit: Northern New Jersey Community Foundation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hackensack, New Jersey: Are you seeking solutions to flooding in the City of Hackensack? The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) invites you to attend the Environmental Justice Alliance\u2019s (EJA) next community meeting on Monday, September 9 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. The meeting takes place at The Second Reformed Church, located at 436 Union Street in Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, and online.\u00a0\u00a0The EJA, a community group that focuses on helping people hit the hardest by environmental issues, provides resources for residents and people who work in the City of Hackensack to learn about strategies they can use to reduce future flooding in the area and make neighborhoods greener and healthier.<\/p>\n

During the meeting, the EJA will provide information about several issues. These include updates about the green infrastructure plan, an EPA grant application, the introduction of the alliance\u2019s new co-chairs \u2013 Amrisa Niranjan and Pedra Del Vechio \u2013 clarification of the EJA\u2019s mission, and next steps to be undertaken. Future environmental projects in and around Hackensack will also be discussed, such as a pet walk on the Hackensack River, the installation of art and maintenance of the rain garden located at Hackensack High School, and the public\u2019s ideas for projects. The NNJCF invites anyone living or working in Hackensack, who would like to be involved in addressing flooding in the city or to help beautify Central Hackensack through additional green infrastructure, to attend and participate.<\/p>\n

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The public attended the Environmental Justice Alliance\u2019s Community Forum on July 29 in Hackensack. Photo Credit: Northern New Jersey Community Foundation<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Light refreshments of snacks and soft drinks will be served.\u00a0People may register for the event here,\u00a0https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/2tme9zwx<\/a>.\u00a0For information about the meeting, contact\u00a0Leonardo Vazquez, AICP\/PP, Executive Director of the NNJCF, at\u00a0leo@nnjcf.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 201-568-5608 extension 2.<\/p>\n

Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice<\/u><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This community meeting\u00a0is part of the NNJCF’s\u00a0Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice\u00a0<\/strong>project. The project seeks to reduce flooding\u00a0and improve environmental conditions for residents in central Hackensack and other parts of the city affected by flooding.\u00a0More information about this project may be found at\u00a0http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/GreenInfrastructureJustice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The meeting is produced by the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation in partnership with the City of Hackensack and Greater Bergen Community Action, as well as residents of Hackensack and representatives from several organizations in Hackensack. The project is supported in part by The Funders Network, AARP, Valley Bank Foundation, M&T Bank Foundation,\u00a0M&T Bank Foundation, PSEG Foundation, The Rotary Club of Hackensack,\u00a0TD Charitable Foundation, and other supporters.<\/p>\n

Donations Appreciated<\/u><\/p>\n

The NNJCF seeks donations to support the Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice Project.\u00a0\u00a0Donations of any size are welcome.\u00a0All donations received will be used to help create a community rain garden or other environmental projects benefitting the community.\u00a0\u00a0Donations may be made online at\u00a0http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/SupportGreenInfrastructure<\/a>.\u00a0Contributions may also be sent by check made out to ‘The Northern N.J. Community Foundation’ and\u00a0enter \u2018Hackensack Green\u2019 in the memo line.\u00a0Send checks to the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, 1 University Plaza, Suite 102, Hackensack, New Jersey 07601. For further information about the NNJCF, call 201-568-5608 or send an e-mail to\u00a0nnjcf@nnjcf.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About Northern New Jersey Community Foundation<\/u><\/p>\n

Founded in 1998, The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c) 3 organization based in Hackensack, New Jersey, works with local governments, school districts, businesses, non-profit organizations, and citizen groups to improve community life. Through collaborative partnerships, regional problems are identified and resolved. Opportunities are discovered and explored by talking and learning from each other and sharing ideas, best practices, services, and resources. The Foundation works to grow more creative and inspiring places, greener and healthier places, and more places of belonging and opportunity. For more information, visit\u00a0www.nnjcf.org<\/a>, send an email to\u00a0nnjcf@nnjcf.org<\/a>, or call 201-568-5608.<\/p>\n

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Streets and neighborhoods were flooded by Tropical Storm Debby in August 2024. Photo Credit: Anita Rivers<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hackensack, New Jersey: Are you seeking solutions to flooding in the City of Hackensack? The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) invites you to attend the Environmental Justice Alliance\u2019s (EJA) next community meeting on Monday, September 9 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. The meeting takes place at The Second Reformed Church, located at 436 Union Street in Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, and online.\u00a0\u00a0The EJA, a community group that focuses on helping people hit the hardest by environmental issues, provides resources for residents and people who work in the City…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":661956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47748],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661959,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661955\/revisions\/661959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.malayalamdailynews.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}