Cedar Grove Buys 53 Acres To Use As Open Space: Officials

CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Cedar Grove has finalized one of the “largest open space purchases” in the town’s recent history, officials say.

On Tuesday, multiple council members issued a joint social media post that announced a major win for local open space enthusiasts. The purchase – which totals more than 53 acres of undeveloped property – is located on Ridge Road across from the reservoir.

Council members plan to discuss details of the purchase at their Monday, Sept. 10 public meeting. (See meeting details here)

According to the council members:

“You may be aware that there is a petition circulating around town asking residents to set aside $6.5M to be used to possibly purchase various undeveloped properties in the future. First and foremost, we want you to know that we wholeheartedly agree with the underlying premise of preserving open space and consider this one of the most important topics for our community. In fact, it is so important that we have been working tirelessly on preservation efforts for the past year, and our silence on this petition was to avoid jeopardizing the LARGEST OPEN SPACE PURCHASE in recent Cedar Grove history. With that, we are so excited to announce that we have just finalized the purchase of 53+ acres of undeveloped property in Cedar Grove and will be preserving it as open space. While our community is constantly under a microscope by developers, we have now taken one giant step to preserving the future of Cedar Grove! More details to follow at our meeting on September 10th (the property is located on Ridge Road across from the reservoir).”

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