Accomplishments

Sustainable Moorestown Accomplishments

Chet Dawson (of MEAC- Moorestown Environmental Advisory Committee) and Jake der
Hagopian (of EDAC – Economic Development Advisory Committee) shepherded the creation of
the Green Team through Town Council, resulting in a resolution authorizing the Township to
participate in Sustainable Jersey on October 24, 2011.  The Town then held an introductory
meeting (“Open House”) at the middle school on March 8, 2012, at which members of the
community were invited to learn about the Sustainable Jersey program and participation in
Moorestown’s Green Team.  Steering Committee members were invited to join the Committee in
April 2012.

2024

• July 2024
  •  Sustainable Moorestown teams up with Cambridge Enhanced Senior Living and the American Red Cross for a blood drive
• June 2024
  •  Sustainable Moorestown participates in Moorestown Day promoting recycling, bees, native plants and energy conservation
• May 2024
  •  Sustainable Moorestown teams up with Cambridge Enhanced Senior Living for the “Spring into Wellness” Community Health Festival
  •  Sustainable Moorestown teams up with Moorestown Township Parks and Recreation for a Sports Equipment Swap
  •  Sustainable Moorestown promotes the Spring Town-Wide Yard Sale event
• March 2024
  •  Sustainable Moorestown teams with PSE&G and Sustainable Jersey for an Energy Outreach Program

2023

• Nov 2023
  •  Sustainable Moorestown partners with the Moorestown Hardware Store to launch
    the annual holiday light recycling program. To this date 6,600 lbs of lights have been collected.
• October 2023
  • Percheron Park dedicated. This property represents the reuse of a brownfield.
  •  Sustainable Moorestown promotes the Fall Town-Wide Yard Sale event
• June 2023
  •  Sustainable Moorestown participates in Moorestown Day promoting recycling, bees, native plants and energy conservation
• May 2023
  •  Sustainable Moorestown promotes the Spring Town-Wide Yard Sale event
• April 2023
  •  Sustainable Moorestown participates in MBA’s Daffodil Day
• Year 2023
  • We have more hybrid vehicles in our police department than any other community in Burlington County.

2022

• Nov 2022
  • Once again Moorestown has been recognized by the Sustainable Jersey program as a “Silver” level community.  It was no easy feat and required Moorestown to qualify by earning more than 350 points in various categories.  Some of these points we were able to earn through the work of other township committees.
  •  Sustainable Moorestown partners with the Moorestown Hardware Store to launch
    the annual holiday light recycling program.
• October 2022
  •  Sustainable Moorestown promotes the Fall Town-Wide Yard Sale event
• June 2022
  •  Sustainable Moorestown participates in Moorestown Day promoting recycling, bees, native plants and energy conservation
• May 2022
  •  Sustainable Moorestown promotes the Spring Town-Wide Yard Sale event
• April 2022
  • Sustainable Moorestown participates in MBA’s Daffodil Day
• February 2022
  •  Sustainable Moorestown webinar “Solar Fireside Chat” presentation is held
• Year 2022
  • In 2017 Sustainable Moorestown set about to GPS all the Township’s Open Spaces and recreational areas as part of a program we called “Moorestown Township Parks and Open Space Digital Asset Management Inventory”.  The GPS work included collecting and cataloging 45 recreational areas within the Township’s boundaries. This included 9 miles of hiking trails, 15 miles of multi-purpose paths, 8 miles of pedestrian walkways and 1 mile of internal park roadway. The team also collected 516 individual points ranging from baseball fields to trashcans within 1,233 acres of open space.  At the suggestion of Steve Toniatti the trail information was loaded into an app called “AllTrails” to make the information publicly available for hiking.  Our trail data has also been incorporated into the State’s trail database through a separate effort by Chris Salvatico.

2021

• Nov 2021
  •  Sustainable Moorestown partners with the Moorestown Hardware Store to launch
    the annual holiday light recycling program.
• October 2021
  •  Sustainable Moorestown promotes the Fall Town-Wide Yard Sale event
• June 2021
  •  Sustainable Moorestown participates in Moorestown Day promoting recycling, bees, native plants and energy conservation
• May 2021
  •  Sustainable Moorestown promotes the Spring Town-Wide Yard Sale event
• Spring 2021
  • Pollinator Habitat Enhancement Project – a grant from the Xerces Society of 1,000 native pollinator plant plugs was received in Spring of 2021.  The plants were planted to augment the planting of native plants that had previously occurred at the Locust Street Park in Moorestown.
• Year 2021
  • Bee City Recertification – An application for recertification with Bee City USA was performed during the year.  A report summarizing the activities to promote pollinators in the previous year was provided.  In addition, 6 signs were posted at major access roads into Moorestown identifying the community as a “Bee City”.
  • Proposed Pulverizing Services Site Solar Project – a proposal to convert the former Pulverizing Services site, an EPA remediated brownfield site located in Moorestown into a solar farm was made before Town Council by present and former members of the Sustainable Moorestown committee.
  • Adopt-a-Storm Drain Program – a promotion to encourage residents to adopt a storm drain in front of their residences was implemented.  Residents were encouraged to clean debris from the top of storm drains in front of their homes.  Short videos were produced showing residents cleaning storm drains in front of their homes.  In addition to the Sustainable Moorestown Facebook and Instagram postings, Moorestown Township also posted the Adopt-a-Drain program on their Facebook page.

2020

• Nov 2020
  •  Sustainable Moorestown partners with the Moorestown Hardware Store to launch
    the 6th annual holiday light recycling program.
• Oct 2020
  • Sustainable Moorestown promotes the 5th Town-Wide Yard Sale event (the first
    scheduled in the Fall)
• Sep 2020
  • Sustainable Moorestown launches “Green Business Recognition” program
• May 2020
  • Sustainable Moorestown partners with Moorestown township staff to complete
    eighth year of energy tracking and conduct the eighth annual vehicle inventory. The
    Moorestown Police Dept. reports that four additional hybrid vehicles will be purchased for a
    total of 6 hybrid vehicles to be utilized by the Police Dept.
• Feb 2020
  • Sustainable Moorestown meets with Moorestown Police Chief and Moorestown
    Fire Commissioner to review Sustainable Jersey recommendations for emergency planning and
    emergency communications processes.

 2019  

• Nov 2019
  • 6th Silver Certification Awarded by Sustainable Jersey for the period 12/31/19
    to 12/31/22. Sustainable Moorestown partners with the Moorestown Hardware Store to launch
    the 6th annual holiday light recycling program.
• Sep 2019
  • Moorestown Creates hosts networking event at Moorestown Friends School
• Aug 2019
  • Moorestown Township Manager issues vehicle inventory status report to
    Sustainable Moorestown highlighting that GPS tracking devices have been installed in all
    township vehicles to facilitate improvements in maintenance and overall fuel consumption. In
    addition, the township has purchased two new hybrid vehicles for the Police Dept.
• July 2019
  • Moorestown Township is selected as a BeeCity USA community recognizing
    the efforts of Sustainable Moorestown and the township to support and promote the well-beingof township pollinator initiatives. Sustainable Moorestown provides a presentation about the
    Town Hall roof garden to Moorestown Master Gardeners at the Moorestown Library with 53
    attendees.
• May 2019
  •   Sustainable Moorestown promotes the 4th Town-Wide Yard Sale event and
    partners with Moorestown township staff to complete seventh year of energy tracking and
    conduct the seventh annual vehicle inventory.
• April 2019
  •   Sustainable Moorestown presents demonstration of their GIS mapping of
    Moorestown Parks and Recreational Areas to the Burlington County GIS Users Group.
    Moorestown Creates partners with the Moorestown Business Association to conduct
    Moorestown’s 4th Daffodil Day event.
• Mar 2019
  •   Sustainable Moorestown launches efforts to work with Roberts and Baker
    elementary schools to promote recycling programs and bicycle safety programs
• Feb 2019
  •   Sustainable Moorestown launches new Instagram account, has 88 followers
    within first 30 days.

2018

• Dec 2018
  • 5th Silver Certification Awarded by Sustainable Jersey for the period 12/31/18
    to 12/31/21.
• Nov 2018
  • Sustainable Moorestown partners with the Moorestown Hardware Store to launch
    the 5 th annual holiday light recycling program.
• Oct 2018
  • Sustainable Moorestown provides demonstrations during the Moorestown Fall
    STEM Festival of GIS mappings of Moorestown trails and key municipal park areas.
• Sep 2018
  • Moorestown Council adopts Resolution 165-2018 to partner with Sustainable
    Moorestown to promote BeeCity USA initiatives (for more detail click here); Moorestown
    Creates partners with Moorestown Lutheran Home to conduct artists demonstrations on the lawn
    area of the Lutheran Home.
• Aug 2018
  • Moorestown Council passes Companion Animal Resolution 158-2018 in
    support of Sustainable Moorestown activities (for more detail click here).
• Jun 2018
  • Sustainable Moorestown hands out free pollinator seed packs and provides
    demonstrations of bee hive and bee keeping activities as part of Moorestown Day activities.
    Sustainable Moorestown partners with Moorestown township staff to complete sixth year of
    energy tracking and conduct the sixth annual vehicle inventory.
• May 2018
  • Moorestown Council authorizes the Moorestown Mayor to partner with Sustainable Moorestown in pursuing and promoting community health and wellness programs; Sustainable Moorestown promotes the 3rd Town-Wide Yard Sale event.
• April 2018
  •  Moorestown Creates partners with the Moorestown Business Association toconduct Moorestown’s 3rd Daffodil Day event.
• Feb 2018
  • Sustainable Moorestown creates a new sub-committee to promote BeeCity USA initiatives; Sustainable Moorestown sub-committee Moorestown Creates conducts a community networking event on 2/21/18.

 2017

• Dec 2017
  •  4th Silver Certification Awarded by Sustainable Jersey for the period 12/31/17 to 12/31/20.
• Nov 2017
  • Sustainable Moorestown partners with the Moorestown Hardware Store to launch the 4 th annual holiday light recycling program.
• Aug 2017
  • Moorestown Council passes Resolution 165-2018 to re-new their Sustainable Land Use Pledge to incorporate principles of good land use planning and foster a diverse mix of residential, retail, commercial, recreational and open space land uses (for more detail click here).
• Jul 2017
  • Sustainable Moorestown partners with the Moorestown Police Dept. to launch a “Safe Exchange Zone” in the lobby of the Moorestown Police Dept. building to facilitate safe hand-off of goods bought and sold via internet transactions.
• Jun 2017
  • Sustainable Moorestown promotes water conservation, native plant growing and hands out free pollinator seed packs as part of Moorestown Day activities. Sustainable Moorestown partners with Moorestown township staff to complete fifth year of energy tracking and conduct the fifth annual vehicle inventory.
• May 2017
  • Sustainable Moorestown promotes the 2nd Town-Wide Yard Sale event.
• April 2017
  • Moorestown Creates partners with the Moorestown Business Association to
    conduct Moorestown’s 2 nd Daffodil Day event.
• Mar 2017
  • Sustainable Moorestown launches community demonstration project to utilize
    GIS mapping technology to create digital maps of key Moorestown trails and municipal
    equipment locations.
• Jan 2017
  •  Moorestown Creates launches a new website to provide general information about creative arts activities throughout Moorestown, a directory of local artists and a calendar of creative arts events.

2016

• Nov 2016
  • Sustainable Moorestown partners with the Moorestown Hardware Store to
    launch the 2nd annual holiday light recycling program.
• Oct 2016
  • 3rd Silver Certification Awarded by Sustainable Jersey for the period of
    10/11/2016 through 12/31/2019
• Sep 2016
  • Moorestown Creates issues a summary of their twelve-month survey to identify
    local artists and residential interests to promote creative arts.
• Jun 2016
  • Township of Moorestown adopts a “Green Grounds & Maintenance Policy” to
    promote waste reduction, healthy communities, biodiversity, water quality protection and
    resource conservation. Sustainable Moorestown conducts their third “Upcycle” contest event in
    conjunction with annual Moorestown Day activities and partners with Moorestown staff to
    complete the fourth year of energy tracking and conducts the fourth annual vehicle inventory.
• May 2016
  • More than 80 residential households participate in the first Town-Wide Yard Sale sponsored by Sustainable Moorestown.
• Apr 2016
  • Moorestown Mayor issues a proclamation on 4/11/16 declaring that the first Town-Wide Yard Sale will be sponsored by Sustainable Moorestown and conducted on 5/14/16. Moorestown Creates arts sub-committee partners with Moorestown Business Association to run the initial Moorestown Daffodil Day on 4/16/16.
• Feb 2016
  • Moorestown Creates conducts a public meeting at Town Hall to share findings of a town-wide survey to identify residential artists and public interests for promoting creative arts throughout Moorestown.

2015

• Nov 2015
  • In collaboration with the Moorestown Hardware Store, Sustainable
    Moorestown initiates a Holiday Light Recycling Program.  Holiday lights dropped off at a
    receptacle in the Moorestown Hardware Store are taken by Sustainable Moorestown to the
    county recycling facility.
• Oct 2015
  • 2nd Silver Certification Awarded by Sustainable Jersey for the period
    10/10/2015 through 12/31/2018.
• Sep 2015
  • First Green Fair & Epic Rummage Sale held at Strawbridge Lakes Park.
    Participants include volunteer organizations, representatives from Moorestown Township
    Committees, Moorestown Police, NASA Remote Geo-science Mobile Lab on loan from Palmyra
    Cove Nature Center, and a fleet of energy efficient vehicles.
• Aug 2015
  • Moorestown Council passes Ordinance No. 14-2015 to create Sustainable
    Moorestown Green Team as a standing township committee of nine members (for more detail
    click here). The Stormwater Detention Basin at the new Town Hall & Library Complex is
    designated a Monarch Waystation due to the dedication of resident Diane Miskowski who has
    been instrumental in managing the vegetative growth in the new basin.
• Jun 2015
  • Sustainable Moorestown and Moorestown township staff complete third year
    of energy tracking and conduct third annual vehicle inventory; Green Team volunteers create
    and plant roof garden on the Moorestown Town Hall.
• Mar 2015
  • Moorestown Council approves “Complete Streets” resolution for
    comprehensive management of planning and monitoring status of township transportation
    alternatives. Moorestown Creates launches campaign and community survey to identify
    community inventory of creative artists and identify residents interests for community creative
    arts activities
• Feb 2015
  • Sustainable Moorestown Arts sub-committee is renamed “Moorestown
    Creates” to better capture the diversity of artists of all genres who live and work in
    Moorestown.

2014

• Dec 2014
  • 1 st  Silver Certification Awarded by Sustainable Jersey for the period of 12/14/2014 through 12/31/2017.  Designation will give Moorestown access to even more funding opportunities through Sustainable Jersey and its partners.   These grants will help underwrite the costs of implementing sustainable initiatives in town.  Read more about it here.
• Oct 2014
  • Sustainable Moorestown hosts movie night featuring the movie “Water Blues
    Green Solutions” at Moorestown Free Library
• Sep to Dec 2014
  • Sustainable Moorestown forms a subcommittee called the Sustainable
    Moorestown Arts Committee to include representatives from Perkins Center for Arts, MoorArts,
    Moorestown Theater Company, Moorestown Public Schools, Moorestown Library, West Jersey
    Chamber Music Society and several local artists.
• Jun 2014
  • Moorestown Council passes Resolution 128-2014 to re-authorize Moorestown Sustainable Jersey Green Team and also passes resolution to support NJ Wildlife Action Plan (for more detail click here); Sustainable Moorestown and township staff complete second year of energy tracking and conduct second municipal fleet inventory.
• Mar 2014
  • Sustainable Moorestown receives $750 grant from Sustainable Jersey to
    support initial activities and promote community awareness.

2013

• Nov 2013
  • Bronze Certification Awarded at Sustainable Jersey luncheon in Atlantic
    City.  Designation will give Moorestown access to additional funding opportunities through
    Sustainable Jersey.   These grants will help underwrite the costs of implementing sustainable
    initiatives in town.  Read more about it here.
• Jun to Sep 2013
  • Sustainable Moorestown Energy Subcommittee partners with Moorestown
    township staff to create process for energy tracking of all municipal facilities to receive first
    approval of Sustainable Jersey Priority initiative for energy usage management.
• Jul 2013
  •  Sustainable Moorestown Energy Subcommittee identifies $14,958 of energy-
    saving lighting enhancements at the Church Street Recreation Center.  80% of the project costs
    were covered by PSE&G’s Direct Install Program and the project was executed in conjunction
    with other renovations to the building over the summer.  The resulting efficiencies are expected
    to save the township $113/month in electric expense, resulting in a two year payback on the
    township’s investment and savings of more than $1300/year thereafter.
• Jun to Aug 2013
  • Collaborate with Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, to create Growing
    Givers, a component in their summer camp program for children.  In this program, children sow
    vegetable seeds and raise them to transplant size at which point they are donated to a Donation
    Garden where the vegetables are further grown and then harvested for donation to local food
    pantries and soup kitchens.
• Jun 2013
  • Moorestown Council passes resolution to formally recognize Moorestown
    Green Team and also passes Sustainable Land Use Pledge.
  • Sustainable Moorestown partners with the Moorestown Police and Public
    Works departments to conduct the first annual Moorestown municipal fleet vehicle inventory.
    Sustainable Moorestown sponsors Upcycling Competition in conjunction with Moorestown Day
    activities to promote awareness of consumption and waste.
• May 2013
  • Sustainable Moorestown logo created through a Logo Design Contest open to
    the public.   Moorestown resident Matt Glodowski submits the winning entry.
• April 2013
  • Film Screening – No Impact Man – in celebration of Earth Day.  This film
    promotes awareness of carbon footprints and the impact of human activity on them.

2012

• Oct 2012
  • Sustainable Moorestown partners with Moorestown Township to receive grant
    funding for storm water management features at the new Town Hall complex.  These features
    will include a green roof, 2 rain gardens, and an underground cistern to collect rainwater run-off
    for lawn irrigation.  Additionally, wiring for electric vehicle charging stations (to be added in the
    future) were added to the plan.
• Sep 2012
  • Sustainable Moorestown Facebook page is up and running
  •  Initial Green Team Officers are elected: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and
    Treasurer.
• Aug 2012
  • Moorestown Council provides approval to proceed with initial election of
    Green Team Officers.
• Jun 2012
  • Sustainable Moorestown makes their inaugural debut at Moorestown Day,
    marking the beginning of our participation in a variety of annual Moorestown events:
    Moorestown Day (June), 4 th  of July Parade (Jul), STEM Steps Out (Oct), & Candlelight Night
    (Dec).
• Apr 2012
  • Steering Committee meets for the first time, under the leadership of Chet
    Dawson, and will spend the ensuing months organizing its work and outlining its mission.