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Paterson Riverfront Strategy and A Community Participatory Planning Workshop Report Prepared for the City of Paterson, New Jersey By The Waterfront Center July, 2003 PATERSON IS ON THE MOVE! COUNCILMAN THOMAS C. ROONEY JR., APRIL 26, 2003 June, 2003 Open Letter to the Citizens of Paterson, New Jersey: Reclaim Your Riverfront, Now! Thats the theme we suggest and the spirit of the recommendations The Waterfront Center Team makes in the pages that follow. Our suggestions emphasize practical, do-able actions that are within your capabilities. Some cost nothing but effort, others steps are inexpensive. Nothing that we put forward is out of reach. Well urge a variety of steps to be taken immediately. Then, step-by-step, incrementally, we put forward an action plan to enable the citizens of Paterson to reclaim their riverfront. You made an important start years ago to open up to the public the Great Falls, the Raceway and the Passaic as it flows though your city. For one reason and another, that early initiative has faltered. Now, however, its time to reclaim what was started, to build on and improve it and to bring vitality to the river in the heart of Paterson. Replacing what is a damaged, marginal area now with activity, learning, commerce and family fun can create a vitality that will serve all of the citizens and reach all age groups. Everything recommended in our report builds on the day-and-a-half Citizens Planning Workshop held April 25 and 26, 2003, at the Paterson Museum. The findings of your fellow citizens are summarized in the pages that immediately follow and are the heart of this report. We urge you to read what was put forward during those two days. We again thank each of the participants. We admire your creativity, energy, good humor and receptivity to ideas. It tells us that the ability to accomplish the riverfront reclamation exists in Paterson today. Reclaim Your Riverfront, Now! Its there to do. It will ma