After New City Parks takes on a project, there are many milestones to reach before a new vibrant park breaks ground.  

NCP works with small cities that have long faced ‘big city’ problems with fewer resources at their disposal. NCP’s partner cities typically have no parks departments, relying instead on strained Department of Public Works resources for bare bones management. NCP is uniquely hands-on, assisting in all it takes to realize the renovation of long neglected green spaces. 

This year, NCP was pleased to bring its model to the City of Hudson, NY. While areas of this historic city have experienced a renaissance driven by new residents and tourism, long-time residents and families remain underserved by its aging and inadequate park facilities. Partnering with Friends of Hudson Youth and the Columbia Land Conservancy, NCP is advancing the transformation of two parks, Charles Williams Park and Oakdale Park.  

We also greatly advanced our five park projects in Peekskill (Depew) and Mount Vernon (Fourth Street, Madison, Eddie Williams, and Brush), and three school yards in Jersey City. 

For each project, NCP focuses on deep community engagement to hear how these parks can best fit the needs of residents. We held public meetings in school gyms and churches. We ventured out with surveys in hand, gathering feedback from park users and those who don’t visit to find out why and what they need most. 

Our designs are iterative processes that evolve as we receive community feedback and understand our funding capabilities. NCP is fortunate to have talented and community-centered landscape architects Emmanuel Thingue and Emily Neye creating and shepherding dynamic designs that we are excited to see come to life.