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Page 1: Go Green Galloway - A task force for Sustainable Galloway

A TASK FORCE FOR A SUSTAINABLE GALLOWAY

ONGOING PROGRAMS

SPECIAL PROJECTS

INITIATIVES & ACCOMPLISHMENTS

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Go Green Galloway worked with Cross County Connection to

begin the process of reducing vehicle trips within Galloway

and increasing awareness for mass transit alternatives and

creating a bicycle friendly community.

We applied for and received a fully-funded NJ DOT “Bicycle/Pedestrian”

comprehensive planning grant to facilitate the study of bikeways throughout

Galloway. A Bicycle Master Plan for Galloway has been prepared; to

summarize the findings and recommendations of the study. The plan is in

final review and should be brought to Council in early January.

The purpose of this study is to determine the bicycle compatibility of

roadways identified in the Township's bicycle circulation map, perform bicycle

crash analysis, develop recommendations for roadways that are not bicycle

compatible, and provide a plan for implementation with prioritization.

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Galloway's goal is to provide bicycle

connections between employment,

commercial and population centers, as well

as schools and recreation areas in the

Township and to surrounding municipalities.

Our Go Green Galloway group is set to work on grant opportunities to

fund this plan and to further community outreach activities.

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2009: Galloway became certified as

one of the inaugural Sustainable

Jersey communities.

Only 34 other towns Statewide

achieved this prestigious

certification and Galloway was the

only town in Atlantic County

to accomplish this.

2010: Galloway receives news

that we achieved SILVER

Certification!

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• GGG is pursuing the “Eat Local” and “Slow Food” movements.

• Galloway applied for Greenhouse Gas Reduction grants through the NJ DEP.

• Galloway continues the No Net Loss Reforestation project, which has planted

over 1400 trees in public areas of the Township.

• The Community Forestry Management Plan called for a tree assessment to be

started in 2009. A Stockton College student interned in Spring, 2009 and

completed this project in June.

• An outside consultant completed a Township facilities

Energy Audit paid for through a BPU Energy Efficiency

and Conservation Grant.

• Galloway is expecting to break ground on the Galloway

Road Landfill Solar Project.

• The Township is a partner and endorser of EPA’s WasteWise Program.

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The Community Garden was made possible through a Sustainable

Communities Grant from the Municipal Land Use Center of the College of New

Jersey and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

All construction on this garden, with the exception of the fencing and the pavers,

was done by volunteers. Included in this group were Go Green Galloway

members, Boy Scouts, Richard Stockton College students, 4th grade students

and local businesses.

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The Community Garden opened in May of 2009 and has been a tremendous

success. All the garden beds were rented

both years and the agriculture

production has been amazing.

Several workshops were held throughout

the summer and fall, thanks to our Master

Gardener partners. Most of the gardeners

returned this year and are hoping to garden

again in 2011

This garden project was done as a pilot

project in hopes that other organizations in Galloway would start their own.

There has been much interest from homeowners associations within the

Township and organizations from other municipalities.

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The Township was a recipient of a $10,000 grant from the Sustainable

Jersey Small Grants Program funded by Walmart. Work has begun on the

Environmental Resource Inventory that this grant will make possible.

New for 2011: We will partner with a local

business group, Historic Smithville, to bring a

Jersey Fresh Farmers Market to Galloway.

This Market will take place on Saturday

mornings and will feature farm products from

our region. We are planning lectures and

music; and Go Green Galloway exhibits will

enhance the Market.

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2009 EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

April 2009: The Forsythe Refuge Earth Day

Cleanup. Tree seedlings were given out as an

Arbor Day contribution and reusable shopping

bags were the 2009 giveaway.

May 2009: GGG Shredding Event. Tabled

and collected 84 Energy Star Pledges, 96

residents dropped off electronics for

recycling, 100 reusable shopping bags

were given out and we partnered with

Project Porchlight to distribute CFLs (with

a pledge).

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August 2009: GGG resource table at

National Night Out. We collected 155

pledges to use reusable shopping bags

and/ or reusable water bottles. We gave

out 100 of each. We had 114 residents

sign Energy Star Pledges. Project

Porchlight partnered and distributed CFLs.

October 2009: Make a Difference Day

community cleanup at the Edwin B.

Forsythe Wildlife Refuge. Our first

attempt at a “mostly green” event.

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2010 EVENTS

April 24: Earth Day Clean Up of Wildlife Drive at the Forsythe National Wildlife

Refuge. GGG handed out tree seedlings and Energy Efficiency information.

April 24: Spring Awakening at the Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. Go

Green Galloway tabled.

April 25: GGG team inside ShopRite

Supermarket for

reusable bag

distribution and

information.

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May 15: GGG Annual Shredding &

Environmental Event GGG tabled with

information, the EQ CHALLENGE

game, pledge forms and giveaways.

There were mini-composting

workshops, a rain barrel on display,

and rain garden information available.

Project Porchlight gave

away CFLs and New

Jersey Clean Energy sold

very reasonably priced

lamps, CFLs and LED

bulbs.

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2010 EVENTSMay 19: The Galloway Environmental Commission and Go Green Galloway

hosted a Pinelands Preservation Alliance program.

August 3: National Night Out. GGG tabled with displays of energy efficient

lighting, energy auditing equipment, a composter and a rain barrel. Residents

who played the “TAKE THE EQ CHALLENGE” game could register to win a free

home energy audit. A local Boy Scout manned the Project Porchlight table as

his Eagle Scout Project.

September 9: Our first Home Energy

Audit Workshop. Residents in

attendance listened to guest speakers

from the NJ Clean Energy Program, a

case study from a local resident’s

perspective and several contractors

who perform energy audits.

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HOW DID WE GET HERE?Partnerships!

Through the years we have found it beneficial to partner

with many organizations to accomplish our goals.

Among them:

RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY:

We have an ongoing working relationship with Stockton

professors and students through internships and service

projects. Together we completed a Municipal Carbon

Footprint, a Community Carbon Footprint, our first

Energy Audit of municipal properties, the Community

Garden, the Patriot Lake habitat buffer, a Rain

Garden, and, most recently, a Tree Assessment for

our Community Forestry Management Plan.

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PATRIOT LAKE: This former drainage

basin has been transformed into

Galloway’s premier park. With the help of

a Green Acres Grant, volunteers and

sponsors, this basin now has all the

amenities a community could hope for.

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SCOUTS: Both Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts have contributed to various

sustainable projects within our Township. They have helped to create gardens,

built a Home Composting Demonstration Site, and participated in many public

lands cleanups.

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THE GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: This group is a

new partner. We are working together to make sustainable business practices

the rule, not the exception, in Galloway.

THE EDWIN B. FORSYTHE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE: We have

partnered with the Refuge for many years for two public lands cleanups: one

for Earth Day and one for Make a Difference Day. We are working together to

make these GREEN EVENTS.

THE GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT: We meet regularly with

the Human Resources Director (a member of Go Green) to make sure that all

buildings are recycling properly and practicing energy efficiency. We are also

discussing joint purchases of recycled paper. A new program, KIDS GO

GREEN IN GALLOWAY, is set for launch in 2011.

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ABSEGAMI HIGH SCHOOL: One of the most

creative endeavors of GGG was accomplished

this past Spring, when the local high school

media group made the promotion of reusable

shopping bags their media challenge for the year.

Sixteen teams competed; and the result was

campaigns that included radio ads, print ads and

PSAs to promote the use of these bags. The

winning PSA will run on G-TV, our government –

access cable station and, hopefully, on the

checkout monitors at ShopRite Supermarket.

This effort has reinforced one of our most

concentrated efforts: to have all residents in

Galloway think before taking yet another one-

use bag at the store.


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