Sean W. Pfeiffer of West Amwell
Thank you for your recent article regarding West Amwell Township and Hunterdon Land Trust Alliance signing a contract to preserve a 130-acre farm owned by Toll Brothers on the south side of Route 179.
While there is still a lot of work to be done to complete the process of preserving this farm, I would to take this opportunity to reiterate my thanks to those who have contributed toward this effort so far:
• HLTA, in particular Kate Buttolph and Margaret Waldock, for their efforts toward receiving an $825,000 State Agriculture Development Committee grant. Without HLTA’s invaluable assistance and efforts, this project would not have been possible in its current form.
• Toll Brothers for understanding the state funding situation, for agreeing to preserve their land at a discount to the appraised value and for working with the township and HLTA toward that end.
• The staff at the SADC, in particular Dan Knox and Gary Pohorely, for their ongoing assistance and efforts.
• Our attorney, Sharon Dragan, for her efforts in working through 14 contract drafts with Toll Brothers’ attorney.
• Bill Millette, Rick Steffey and Kevin Richardson from the Hunterdon County Planning Board, who have been consulted during this process.
• Catherine Drake from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s Green Acres for her input on the project.
• The West Amwell Township Committee for its support of the project and, in particular, Ron Shapella for his efforts to eliminate a potential sewer service area, which helped this project come to fruition.
• The Open Space Committee for its support and assistance and, in particular, Pete Hess for his work in preparing maps for the project.
Sean W. Pfeiffer
chairman
Open Space
Advisory Committee
West Amwell
