Haddon Township To Receive $25,000 Grant For Playground Improvements

Haddon Township, NJ -- Haddon Township will receive a $25,000 grant for improvements to the New Jersey Avenue playground, county officials said on Tuesday.

The grant is part of the 2016 Recreation Facility Enhancement Project Grants, approved by the Camden County Freeholder Board on the recommendations of the Open Space Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Committee. There are a total of $750,000 in grants being distributed countywide this year.

Each year, municipal organizations are invited to submit an application detailing the enhancements planned for their existing recreation facilities for consideration by the advisory committee.

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.