Grant Funding for Pocket Park Held-Up by Paperwork
River Edge is still waiting on final approval for Green Acres grant funds for the Cherry Blossom pocket park but things have been held up due to extra paperwork
Initially purchased in 2008 with the help of a Bergen County Open Space grant, work on the less than an acre Cherry Blossom Park has stalled as River Edge works to file the remaining Green Acres grant funding paperwork to the state Department of Environmental Protection. The outstanding paperwork includes an Action Mediation Program to remove any soil that contains chlordane as well as proof that the former underground fuel storage tank did not leak during its 2011 removal. "Lisa Stern from the DEP Green Acres program made a site visit last week and she is satisified with the visual state of the park," Borough Administrator Alan Negreann said. "But there are some outstanding items that we are working diligently on to get back to the DEP …
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