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Land Resources / News / New Jersey
Gloucester County awarded $4.5 million for farmland preservation
Source: NJ.com, by Jessica Beym
Gloucester County is the first county in New Jersey to be awarded its maximum funding allotment of $4.5 million for its Farmland Preservation Program from the State Agriculture Development Committee (SADC). The funding was approved last week and it included $1.5 million in base grant funding available to all counties, and additional $3 million in competitive grant funding. “Gloucester County took a proactive approach to go after all the grant funding we could and as a result of our diligence the county was awarded the maximum amount of both the base and competitive grant funding available,” said Freeholder Director Robert M. Damminger. “We are the only county in the state to receive approval for this amount of funding.” September 26, 2011
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