$1.5M Approved for Early Street Community Garden Purchase
Funding for nine open space projects in Morris County approved by freeholders.
Funding for nine Morris County open space projects—including Morristown's Early Street Community Garden—were approved by the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders on Wednesday. Freeholders approved shifting $4.4 million from the county's Preservation Trust Fund to help preserve 84 acres of open space in eight towns. The largest grant award, $2,075,000, will go to the Harding Land Trust for preservation of 43.5 acres in Harding and Morris townships known as "Frelinghuysen Fields 2." A grant of $1,575,000 was awarded to Morristown to acquire nearly an acre of land occupied by Grow it Green Morristown's Early Street Community Garden. For several years, the non-profit organization has maintained the garden on land once slated for …
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Patriot
5:25 pm on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Is anyone aware of the dire straits of our economy? Our debt? Take the money because it might go to another town? What drivel! These Freeholders...oops I mean FREELOADERS should be kicked out of office. They are totally irresponsible and are not doing the job that they were hired to do. Yes, GROSSI that means you BIGTIME! And every other toadie that is seated in a freeholder chair and is not … more ›