LSP For All Executive Director Arnold Stovell’s Statement On DEP’s LSP Ecological Restoration Public Meeting

JERSEY CITY, NJ – Liberty State Park For All Coalition Executive Director Arnold Stovell issued the following statement today regarding the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Liberty State Park ecological restoration public meeting:

“Liberty State Park For All supports ecological restoration of the Interior of Liberty State Park and appreciates the work the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has done on this issue. We are supportive knowing the DEP will continue to be fair, focused and responsive to the requests for active recreation and the natural spaces the community desires.

“Those who don’t want active recreation in Liberty State Park’s Interior only care about what they want, not what the community wants. They know this mix of active and passive recreation in the Interior is possible even though for decades they fought against it. Only now, when it is clear that active recreation is what the actual Jersey City community wants, are these so-called advocates saying they were on our side the whole time. Their time monopolizing the conversation is ending. The community will be heard!”

The Liberty State Park For All Coalition was created to increase awareness about the broken promises of Liberty State Park and to ensure the community has a voice on the decisions around the Park. The Coalition wants a plan that will fully clean-up Liberty State Park and create recreational, cultural and economic opportunities and accessibility for everyone. Learn more about the Coalition at https://libertystateparkforall.com/ follow us on Twitter @lspnj4all and Instagram libertystateparkforall and like us on Facebook at Facebook.com/LIBERTYSTATEPARKFORALL.

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