# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Talk by  Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP,  Executive Director, Northern New Jersey Community Foundation
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Please join us for a presentation by Leonardo Vazquez on the work of the Hackensack River Nation, an alliance of municipalities and environmental groups along the river established in 2024 to protect the Hackensack River watershed and improve its health. Friends is a member of Hackensack River nation.

Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP has more than 30 years of experience in community economic development, creative placemaking, and leadership development. He has a track record of building diverse alliances and teams to address critical issues facing communities.

Leo coordinates Hackensack River Nation, an alliance of more than 40 leaders representing municipalities, nonprofit organizations and businesses who seek to protect the Hackensack River Watershed ecosystem and connect more people to the Hackensack River. He also developed the Hackensack Environmental Justice Alliance, a resident-led group of more than 230 people seeking to address flooding and other environmental problems facing the city. Through the Foundation’s Green Infrastructure for Environmental Justice initiative, Leo led the creation of a rain garden, public information activities, and a public art project. He is developing a green infrastructure plan to reduce flooding, reduce water pollution, and address heat island effects in Hackensack.

In 2024, the Northern New Jersey Community Foundation received an Environmental Achievement Award from the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions.

November 12 
7pm
FDU
Dickinson Hall room 1170
140 University Plaza Drive
Hackensack, NJ 07601
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/hackensack/talk-by-leonardo-vazquez-aicp-pp-executive-director-northern-new-jersey-community-foundation/200029123160004
- **Event Categories**: health-wellness, art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Hackensack
- **state**: NJ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: FDU Dickinson Hall room 1170 140 University Plaza Drive Hackensack, NJ 07601
- **lat**: 40.89783
- **long**: -74.0326
- **full address**: FDU Dickinson Hall room 1170 140 University Plaza Drive Hackensack, NJ 07601, 140 University Plaza Dr, Hackensack, NJ 07601-6232, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Friends of the Hackensack River Greenway Through Teaneck (https://allevents.in/org/friends-of-the-hackensack-river-greenway-through-teaneck/25939333)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 12 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** FDU Dickinson Hall room 1170 140 University Plaza Drive Hackensack, NJ 07601, 140 University Plaza Dr, Hackensack, NJ 07601-6232, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Friends of the Hackensack River Greenway Through Teaneck
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** health-wellness, art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Talk by  Leonardo Vazquez, AICP/PP,  Executive Director, Northern New Jersey Community Foundation ?
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