HOBOKEN -- Mayor Dawn Zimmer was a stay-at-home mom when she joined neighbors in the Mile-Square City's Fourth Ward ten years ago to campaign for a park in their flood-prone neighborhood in the city's southwest corner, where light industry was gradually being replaced by families and other residents.
"I want to say that I'm really proud to have been a part of the groundswell of advocacy for park space and doing something to alleviate the flooding in our neighborhood and Hoboken," Zimmer said during a groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday. "That happened for me back in 2006. I had a 3-year-old and a 1 1/2-year-old, and I knew as a mom how -- and I'm sure parents can relate to this -- how difficult it is to take two toddlers and try to walk 20 minutes over to Church Square Park, or over to the waterfront, and it's just not that easy. And every community deserves a park in their neighborhood."
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