Collingswood Receives $25,000 Grant for Knight Park Improvements

Collingswood will receive a $25,000 grant for multiple improvements, the Camden County Freeholders announced Friday morning.

The grant is a 2014 Recreation Facility Enhancement Project Grant, recommended by the Open Space Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Committee and approved by the Freeholder Board.

The grants are presented to existing publicly owned recreation facilities planning to expand their utilization for recreational purposes.

Collingswood will use the funds to upgrade the drainage, implement landscape improvements and install infield mix at the Knight Park Varsity Baseball Field.

“These grants are an opportunity to build and enhance our parks and playgrounds throughout the county,” Camden County Freeholder Jeffery L. Nash, liaison to the Open Space Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Committee, said. “We know these passive and active recreational offerings make Camden County a special place to live and improve our overall quality of life. This year’s applications represented a wide range of projects throughout the county. We appreciate the hard work and planning that went into each request.”

Each year, the advisory committee takes applications from municipal organizations detailing the enhancements planned for their existing recreation facilities.

The requests for funding are limited to $25,000 per project, per year. The projects must be completed within a one year period.

The Camden County Open Space Preservation Trust Fund was created by the Freeholder Board in 1999 in response to overwhelming voter support of an open space referendum placed on the ballot in November 1998.