Haddonfield, Haddon Township Receive Open Space Grants

Haddonfield and Haddon Township both received 2015 Recreation Facility Enhancement Project Grants recommended by the Open Space Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Committee and approved by the Camden County Freeholder Board this week.

A $25,000 grant was awarded to make improvements to the Crows Woods Haddonfield Girls Softball League field. An additional $25,000 grant will go toward the installation of lights at the Haddonfield Soccer Club Anniversary Fields.

A $25,000 grant was awarded to Haddon Township for the continued development of an off-road trail to Crystal Lake Park along the Recchino Field Multipurpose Path.

To obtain the grant money, each town had to submit an application detailing the proposed enhancements to be considered by the advisory committee.

Now that the request has been approved, the projects must be completed within the next year.

Requests are limited to $25,000 per project, per year.

“These grants are an opportunity to build and enhance our parks and playgrounds throughout the county. We know these passive and active recreational offerings make Camden County a special place to live and improve our overall quality of life,” Camden County Freeholder Jeffery L. Nash, liaison to the Open Space Preservation Trust Fund Advisory Committee, said. “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.”

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 of 1998.