For those Ronnie "Ketchup is a vegetable" Raygun quoters: "Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." -- Ronald Reagan, 1981
http://www.allhatnocattle.net/reagan%20quotes.htm On Dec 19, 2007, at 8:34 AM, asburycouple wrote: > You're right. Who wants to preserve open space. Trees suck. > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Another victory for "environmentalists," more problems for us. > From > > today's Press: > > > > > > Monmouth freeholders approve open space grants for municipalities > > > > William Heine > > Reader Submitted > > > > The Board of Chosen Freeholders has approved grants totaling > > $2,301,000 from the 2007 Monmouth County Open Space Trust Fund to > > acquire, create or improve park facilities in 11 municipalities. > > > > "This program helps municipalities preserve open space and acquire > > and improve parkland by sharing the costs with the county," said > > Freeholder Lillian G. Burry, liaison to the county's Park > > System. "Both land acquisition and park, recreation and open space > > improvement efforts were eligible and considered. This is a > valuable > > tool to help municipalities maintain and improve the quality of > life > > in their communities." > > > > All of the county's 53 municipalities were eligible to apply for > > funding awards. Twenty towns made requests seeking a total of $3.9 > > million. The Board of Chosen Freeholders approved the grant awards > > at its Dec. 6 regular meeting. This is the fifth year of the > program. > > > > Maximum $250,000 grants, all for acquisition, were awarded to five > > municipalities: > > > > • Allentown, for the acquisition and preservation of a 33-acre > > parcel on Breza Road as part of a regional plan and partnership > with > > Upper Freehold, Washington Township, and the regional Board of > > Education. > > > > • Belmar, for the acquisition of the .28 acres of waterfront > > property adjacent to the Shark River Inlet. > > > > • Holmdel, for the acquisition of a 12-acre parcel adjacent to > > Mahoras Brook and an existing municipal park. > > > > • Tinton Falls, for the acquisition of 4.89 acres located between > > State, town, and school lands. > > > > • Upper Freehold, for the acquisition and preservation of a 35-acre > > parcel on Breza Road as part of a regional plan and partnership > with > > Allentown, Washington Township, and the regional Board of Education. > > > > Six other municipalities were granted funding awards, in the > > following amounts: > > > > • Aberdeen, $169,000 for new and improved access to the waterfront > > at Seawall Park. > > > > • Hazlet, $238,000 for boardwalk, gazebo, and tennis court > > improvements as well as a new skate park area at Veterans? Memorial > > Park. > > > > • Howell, $150,000 for improvements to a 178-acre park, including > > two off-leash dog areas, fountains, benches and fencing. > > > > • Sea Bright, $153,000 for the improvements to an oceanfront park > > including the creation of a concrete skateboard park. > > > > • Sea Girt, $238,000 for a cooperative project with the Board of > > Education to create a new, multi-use play facility to support > > municipal recreation programs. > > > > • Union Beach, $103,000 for Phase 2 of a project to rehabilitate > and > > expand Scholer Park. > > > > Land acquisition and development for park recreation and open-space > > purposes are made possible by the Monmouth County Municipal Open > > Space Grant Program, a competitive matching-funds program for > > municipalities sponsored by the Monmouth County Board of Chosen > > Freeholders and administered by the Monmouth County Park System. > > Applications were due Sept. 19. > > > > "The county's significant contribution to the Riverdale Avenue East > > acquisition allows us to protect and link nearly five acres of land > > with a state natural area and municipal and school properties," > > Tinton Falls Mayor Peter Maclearie said. "This county program is a > > perfect example of the county's willingness to support local > > community efforts to preserve open space and maintain the quality > of > > life in Monmouth County." > > > > Applications for the 2008 Monmouth County Municipal Open Space > Grant > > Program will be available on or about May 1. The filing deadline > > will be in September. > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
