Monmouth County is amending its New Jersey DEP Green Acres Program project agreement to add $2,500,000 in funding to project #1300-92-026, Planning Incentive Acquisition, bringing total Green Acres and ONRR funding to $28,807,500. The Board of Recreation Commissioners recommended the increase, and the County has committed to provide a matching share of $28,307,500 (with $500,000 of ONRR funds requiring no match) for acquisition and development of lands for outdoor recreation and conservation. This action confirms substantial, multi-source capital dedicated to ongoing and future parkland acquisition and related development projects under the Planning Incentive Acquisition umbrella. For vendors in land acquisition support, environmental consulting, appraisal, survey, design of passive/active recreation facilities, and grant compliance services, this signals a funded pipeline of work where the County will need professional support to plan, evaluate, and deliver new recreation and conservation sites over the coming years.

Project is funded by NJDEP Green Acres and an Office of Natural Resource Restoration (ONRR) grant; C...