On Thursday, October 21, 2010 the Hudson River Waterfront Conservancy of NJ , Inc. presented awards to nine people who have furthered the planning and development of the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway. The awards were presented at a reception held at Liberty House Restaurant in Liberty State Park. The Walkway runs through a total of nine waterfront communities, seven in Hudson County and two in Bergen County. The Conservancy works for the completion of a continuous Walkway from the tip of Bayonne to the George Washington Bridge, a length of 18.5 linear miles.
The awards were presented as follows:
Planning Award to Hudson County Division of Planning to Hudson County Executive Thomas DeGise and Planning Director Stephen Marks, PP, AICP.
Implementation Award for Weehawken Waterfront Park to Mayor Richard Turner and Carl J. Goldberg, Chairman, Roseland Property Company.
Walkway Design Award Fund for a Better Waterfront Ron Hine, Executive Director and architects Cassandra Wilday and Henry Arnold.
Citizen Activist Award to Sam Pesin, President, Friends of Liberty State Park.
Certificate of Appreciation to Randy Bearce, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Certificate of Excellence to Henry M. White III President, HM White Site Architects.
Ron Hine, Fund for a Better Waterfront; Sam Pesin, Friends of Liberty State Park; Henry Arnold, designer of southern Hoboken Walkway and Pier A; Stephen Marks, Director Hudson County Planning; Mayor Richard Turner, Weehawken Waterfront Park; Andrew Marshall, Roseland Property Company; Henry White, HM White Site Architects, long time member of Coservancy Board; Randy Bearce, Region Director, NJ Department of Environmental Protection. Hudson County Executive Thomas DeGise co-recipient of the Planning Award and Cassandra Wilday, co-recipient of the Design Award are missing from the photo.