Trenton, New Jersey, USA - Monday June 22, 2009: Sustainable New Jersey awarded $200,000 in Green Grants to 14 municipalities. Four communities received grants of $25,000: Hardwick, Livingston, Morristown, and Trenton. Ten $10,000 grants went to: Asbury Park, Easthampton, Highland Park, Lindenwold, Maplewood, Milltown, Ocean Township (Monmouth County); Somers Point, Summit, and Vineland. The grants were funded by Walmart and recipients were chosen by a blue ribbon panel of sustainability experts.
In this photo, participants from Sustainable New Jersey posed with winners from Highland Park. From left: Jennifer Hoehn, Senior Manager of Public Affairs New Jersey, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; Karen Lewis, Assistant Superintendent of Schools of Highland Park; Pam Mount, Vice Chair, Mayors Committee for a Green Future and Mayor of Lawrence Township; Tina Weishaus, Sustainable Highland Park Task Force; Randall Solomon, Executive Director, New Jersey Sustainable State Institute, Bloustein School of Planning and Policy, Rutgers University; Leigh Davis, Sustainable Highland Park Task Force; Joseph V. Doria, Jr., Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs; Joseph L. Fiordaliso, Commissioner, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities; Councilman Jon Erickson; Jeanne Herb, Director of Policy, Planning and Science, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection; Louise Wilson, President of the New Jersey League of Municipalities Educational Foundation.
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