Senator Jennifer Beck, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande are proud to announce the unanimous passage of three bills by the State Senate awarding nearly $6 million in funding to 12th District municipalities for farmland and historic preservation purposes.
Senate Bill S-2712 appropriates $27.75 million from “2007 Farmland Preservation Fund” and “Garden State Farmland Preservation Fund” for planning incentive grants to municipalities for farmland preservation. Four Monmouth County municipalities will each receive $750,000 under this legislation: Colts Neck Township, Manalapan Township, Marlboro Township and Millstone Township.
Senate Bill S-2713 appropriates $49.65 million from “2007 Farmland Preservation Fund” for farmland preservation purposes. Six Mercer County towns, including East Windsor Township, will have $2 million to divide between them from this legislation.
Nine Monmouth County towns will also have $2 million to split. Those towns include these 12th District municipalities: Colts Neck Township, Freehold Township, Manalapan Township, Marlboro Township, and Millstone Township. Other Monmouth County towns include Homdel Township, Howell Township, Roosevelt Township and Upper Freehold Township.
“Open space is something we’ve been working so hard to maintain in New Jersey,” said Beck, “and our farmland is such an important part of our heritage, especially here in Monmouth and Mercer counties.”
“Procuring more open space in the form of farmlands means that farms won’t just be something our children only see in story books,” said Casagrande, “These lands are integral to, not only maintaining the beauty and character of our Western Monmouth and Mercer County towns, but sustaining a local food supply as well.”
In addition to the legislation dealing with farmland preservation, the Senate also approved S-2770, which appropriates a total of $15.5 million for historic preservation from the NJ Historic Trust.
The Anthony Reckless Estate, Red Bank, is currently used as the headquarters for the Red Bank Women’s Club and is due to receive $29,308 for preservation purposes. The Parker Homestead in Little Silver is slated to receive nearly $45,000 in a historic site management grant.
“I’ve seen the Parker Homestead go through many stages of repair,” said O’Scanlon, “and it is gratifying to see it receive funds for its management. Our towns in Monmouth County have a rich heritage, and it’s important that we maintain that for future generations.”
All three of these pieces of legislation will have to be approved by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor before the municipalities receive the funds.
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