Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Michelle Knapik, Environment Program Director

Atlantic City was the site for last week’s New Jersey League of Municipalities annual conference and the inaugural Sustainable Jersey™ awards lunch, but it was through no stroke of luck that 34 towns achieved the first ever certification honors.   Of the 566 municipalities in the State, more than 240 municipalities enrolled in the Sustainable Jersey program during year-one and started engaging in 43 possible actions to acquire points toward their certification (100 points was the minimum for certification).  The newly certified towns are those that organized quickly to meet program challenges and head down the winning path of sustainability.   (more…)