![]() “New Jersey Conservation Foundation is pleased to help preserve this former family farm,” said Michele S. “Preservation efforts like this supplement our other efforts to protect our local environment, promote sustainability and to keep our community, ‘clean and green’.” ![]() ![]() “In Hamilton Township, when it comes to preserving open space, we don’t just talk about it – we do it,” Mayor Kelly Yaede said. To help subsidize the cost of the open space purchase, Hamilton secured a $500,000 grant the Mercer County Open Space fund and is also seeking New Jersey Green Acres program funding that could reimburse the remaining costs. Thanks to the joint effort, the New Jersey Conservation Foundation was able to negotiate a purchase price of $1,052,513 and Hamilton Township was able to use its open space trust to fund the acquisition. When the New Jersey Conservation Foundation – which since 1960 has helped save over 125,000 acres of land across the state – noticed that the property was up for sale, the nonprofit organization approached Hamilton officials about preserving the farm. However, after Lord passed away, her estate looked to sell the farm, which was being targeted for residential development. HAMILTON > While over 21 percent of Hamilton Township has been permanently preserved as open space or farmland, township officials and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation have helped to save one of the community’s few remaining active farms.įor years, a nearly 64-acre Merrick Road property was owned by Anna Lord and was actively farmed by Hamilton resident Scott Ellis.
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