Jersey City Parks Coalition Inc

"LIBERTY STATE PARK - IN FEBRUARY THE JERSEY CITY PARKS COALITION (JCPC) AND 57 LOCAL, REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS WROTE THE GOVERNOR AND STATE LEGISLATORS TO URGE THEM TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION REVISING THE HACKENSACK MEADOWLANDS CONSOLIDATION ACT (P.L.2015, C. 19) TO REMOVE ANY AND ALL DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY CONCERNING LIBERTY STATE PARK FROM NEWLY CREATED MEADOWLANDS REGIONAL COMMISSION AND RETURN IT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (DEP). WHILE THERE WAS SOME MEASURED SUCCESS WITH THIS EFFORT WE ENTER THE NEW YEAR WITH AN EVER PRESENT THREAT OF THE PRIVATIZATION OF LIBERTY STATE PARK. "PLAYS IN THE PARKS - THE JERSEY CITY CHILDREN'S THEATER (JCCT) PROUDLY PARTNERED WITH THE JERSEY CITY PARKS COALITION (JCPC) IN ITS SECOND ANNUAL PLAYS IN THE PARKS (PITP) SERIES FEATURING WORLD PLAY: A SENSORY ADVENTURE THROUGH SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE STORIES FEATURING JCCT'S COMPANY OF PROFESSIONAL ADULT ACTORS AND LIVE MUSIC. BECAUSE OF THE OVERWHELMING SUCCESS OF PITP 2014 JCCT EXPANDED PLAYS IN THE PARKS PROGRAMMING FROM 4 TO 12 JERSEY CITY PARKS WHICH WERE ALL FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC OUR THANKS GO OUT TO KATHY HENDRICKSON AND HER ENTIRE ENSEMBLE FOR A FABULOUS PRODUCTION AND BRINGING LIVE THEATER TO CHILDREN THROUGHOUT EVERY WARD OF JERSEY CITY. "DINNER IN THE PARK - FEED JC, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE JERSEY CITY PARKS COALITION, EXPANDED UPON WHAT IT MEANS TO "FEED JC" WITH THEIR DINNER IN THE PARK SERIES. A DINNER SERIES HIGHLIGHTING THE PRODUCE FROM EACH OF JERSEY CITY'S FARMERS MARKETS IN EACH OF ITS 6 WARDS. THE DINNERS WERE SERVED AND PREPARED BY STUDENTS GOING THROUGH A LEADERSHIP AND HOSPITALITY TRAINING PROGRAM, THAT OFFERS MENTORSHIP, HANDS ON JOB TRAINING AND JOB PLACEMENT FOR JERSEY CITY YOUTH RUN BY FEED JC FOUNDERS DAVID TROTTA AND ALEX SARTOGA . EACH DINNER HIGHLIGHTED A WARD FAMILY, THEIR FOOD AND THEIR STORY. EACH DINNER WAS UNIQUE AND SPECIAL IN ITS OWN WAY WITH THE SECRET INGREDIENT BEING THOSE PEOPLE THAT GRACED THE TABLES FOR THIS WORTHWHILE PROJECT. THE PROCEEDS OF EACH DINNER FED 100 OF JC'S LESS FORTUNATE. WE WERE TRULY HUMBLED BY THIS PROJECT AND THE GIFTS IT PROVIDED.