Lawrence Township Designated An 'Up And Coming' Healthy Town

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — The Mayors Wellness Campaign recently honored several New Jersey municipalities with "healthy town" awards. The campaign placed Lawrence Township on its list of "Healthy Towns Up-and-Coming."

The Mayors Wellness Campaign (MWC) is a program of the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute in partnership with the New Jersey State League of Municipalities. In addition to the eight Healthy Town Winners, seven towns were designated as 2021 Healthy Towns to Watch, and 17 were designated as 2021 Healthy Towns Up-and-Coming.

The award highlights New Jersey towns that have "taken to make their communities healthier places to live, work, and play," according to the Mayors Wellness Campaign. The MWC represents a statewide community-health initiative, designed to provide evidence-based tools and strategies for mayors and community leaders to help residents improve their overall health.

Each year, communities participating in the Mayors Wellness Campaign submit a "healthy town application" to highlight their research on community-health needs and explain how they organized their local MWC committee.

Here's the list of cities and towns that got awards:

Healthy Towns

• Bay Head
• Evesham
• Montclair
• Paterson
• Plainfield
• Scotch Plains
• Wildwood Crest
• Woodbridge

Healthy Towns to Watch

• Belleville
• Borough of Freehold
• Franklin Lakes
• Hillsborough
• Jefferson
• Norwood
• Vernon

Healthy Towns Up and Coming

• Bernardsville
• Oradell
• Cranbury
• Cresskill
• Deerfield
• Denville
• Eatontown
• Fort Lee
• Garfield
• Highlands
• Keyport
• Lawrence (Mercer)
• Morristown
• Princeton
• Ridgewood
• South Brunswick
• Stafford

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