NJ Green Acres Workshops

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Green Acres Program and the Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program will hold eight informational workshops from July to October to guide municipal and county officials and nonprofit organizations through the state-funding application process. Topics to be discussed at the workshops include Green Acres Funding for Land Preservation and Park Development, Elements of a Land Transaction, Changes in Use, Historic Preservation Trust Funding and the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program (EIFP). The Green Acres program protects environmentally sensitive open space, water resources and other significant natural and historic resources and provides parks for New Jersey residents and visitors to enjoy. Green Acres partners with, and provides grants and low interest loans to, qualifying county and municipal government agencies and nonprofit land conservancies who work to further these same goals.

This year's workshops are scheduled for:

July 12 at Bergen County Community Services Building, Paramus, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

July 13 at The Meeting House at Waterloo Village, Stanhope, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

July 21 at Gloucester County College, Sewell, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

August 2 at Hominy Hill Clubhouse, Colts Neck, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

August 12 at the Clinton Township Municipal Building, Annandale, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

August 17 at the Bordentown Township Municipal Building, Bordentown, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

September 13 at the Long Beach Township Municipal Building, Brant Beach, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

October 4 at the Crest Pier Facility, Wildwood Crest, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Pre-registration is required for all workshops. There is a registration fee, which covers materials, lunch and refreshments, of $25 per person and $20 for each additional member from the same municipality or organization. To register, contact Nancee May, Green Acres workshop coordinator, at (609) 984-0570, or visit http://www.nj.gov/dep/greenacres.