Tag: Mercer County Park Commission
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County park commission looks for public input in developing master plan for Moores Station Quarry
The Mercer County Park Commission seeks input from county residents to prepare a park master plan for transitioning Moores Station Quarry into a new county park. The Park Commission will hold four public meetings to develop the park master plan for Moores Station Quarry, located off Route 29 at the intersection with Pleasant Valley Road…
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Mercer County Park Commission receives funds for Roebling Park, Abbott Marshlands
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have announced that the Mercer County Park Commission will be awarded a grant from the 2020 Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund for $150,000. This grant will help fund the installation of a living shoreline and public access to the waterways in Roebling Park…
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Howell Living History Farm produces crops for local food banks
Forced to cut back on programming due to COVID-19, Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell Township was able to shift more of its focus this spring and summer to the labor-intensive planting, weeding and harvesting involved in producing crops to help local food banks and pantries. The harvest is ongoing, but through the end of…
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Saturday Morning Walking Club to resume walk along Lawrence Hopewell Trail
The Lawrence Hopewell Trail Saturday Morning Walking Club will host its first walk since February on the second Saturday of September, trekking over the new 500-foot pedestrian bridge at Mercer Meadows to a new stretch of the trail to Old Mill Road. The walk starts at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 12 at the Rosedale Lake parking…
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Community celebrates virtual opening of Stony Brook Pedestrian Bridge
Pennington residents and fans of Mercer Meadows and the Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) celebrated the opening of the Stony Brook Pedestrian Bridge, which will provide safe access from Pennington Borough and Hopewell Township to the 1,600-acre county park, in a virtual “ribbon-cutting” released on July 8. The celebration commemorates the latest development in the long-standing…
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Mercer County coalition tries to bridge equity gap through environmental programs
A local Mercer County coalition has been working to bridge the equity gap in the county through new experiences with nature and the outdoors. The Mercer County Coalition for Environmental Equity and Inclusivity is trying to develop a model that can be used countywide and statewide for connecting people of color, different ages, incomes and races…
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Hopewell Elementary School graduating fifth graders leave their mark at Hopewell Borough Park
From June 18-24, Sourland Conservancy hosted the Hopewell Elementary graduating fifth graders and their family to commemorate the moment by planting a pollinator meadow. The families each chose a 30-minute time slot, in order to maintain strict social distancing, to plant in the Foraging Forest in Hopewell Borough Park, which is right next door to…
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Mercer County Park Commission finalizes plan for improvements at park
The Mercer County Park Commission has finalized dam site 21’s master plan. The flood-prone land along Miry Run has a park and one of several dams as part of a flood mitigation initiative known as the Assunpink Creek Watershed Water Works Plan. The dam was constructed in the mid-1980s and created a lake of almost…