NJ Green Acres Workshops

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Green Acres Program and the Environmental Infrastructure Financing Program will hold informational workshops to guide municipal and county officials and nonprofit organizations through the state-funding application process. Topics to be discussed 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 September 13 and October 4 .http://www.nj.gov/dep/greenacres.