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in Branch Brook Park and the Branch Brook Park Alliance.
If you need additional information about the Park or the
Alliance, please contact us by the methods listed below.
Branch
Brook Park Alliance
115 Clifton Avenue
Newark, NJ 07104
Phone: 973-268-2300
Fax: 973-268-1113
E-Mail: mail@branchbrookpark.org
Nikia
Simmons, Operations Manager
Phone: 973-268-2300 x205
E-mail:
nsimmons@branchbrookpark.org
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Essex
County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo
announced on February 17, 2004 that Essex County Parks received
$6.9 million in funding, a record amount, from the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection's Green Acres Program.
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see a larger view of the map, please click the image above.
Partnering
with parks advocacy organizations like the Branch Brook
Park Alliance, County parks submitted 11 applications for
funding improvements throughout the system. These gifts
were matched by funds available through the Essex County
Open Space Trust Fund, doubling the amount to $13.8 million.
Read the full story at http:/www.essexcountynj.us,
under ESSEX COUNTY EXECUTIVE DIVINCENZO
BROADENS GRASSROOTS PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE ESSEX COUNTY
PARK SYSTEM .
The
Branch Brook Park Alliance collaborated with the North Ward
Center , the Roberto Clemente Little League, and the Boys
and Girls Clubs of Newark to obtain $1,000,000 from the
NJ-DEP Green Acres program in 2003, which will be matched
by $1,000,000 from the Open Space Trust Fund. BBPA is providing
design and construction administration services through
the landscape architect firm of Rhodeside & Harwell.
These
grants will fund a renovation of the Middle Division ballfields
complex, to begin in the summer of 2004:
- New
drainage system and turf.
- Repositioning
of ballfields and viewing stands to allow better sightlines.
- State-of-the-art
lighting, irrigation, scoreboard, and sound systems.
- A
new field house with press box, storage, and bathrooms.
- Renovation
and reconstruction of the Rick Cerone Field House, adding
bathrooms and storage.
The Middle Division ballfields complex serves more than
5,000 children, youth, and adults participating in recreational
programs provided by the City of Newark, the Newark Board
of Education, and Little League teams sponsored by a variety
of non-profit organizations.
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