A free educational forum on the Garden State Preservation Trust
 WHEN: Monday, May 4, 2009, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
WHERE: Trenton Masonic Temple 100 Barracks Street Trenton, NJ
WHAT: State and local government officials, and non-profit, business and community leaders will discuss the accomplishments, benefits and future needs for open space, farmland and historic preservation programs in New Jersey.
WHO: Keynote speakers are:
- Gov. Jon Corzine (invited)
- Tom Gilmore, President, New Jersey Audubon Society
- Joseph N. DiVencenzo Jr., Essex County Executive
- Douglas H. Palmer, mayor of Trenton
- Jose Torres, Mayor of Paterson
- Maureen B. Ogden, former state Assembly member.
Full schedule of educational panels and panelists is below.
WHY: The Garden State Preservation Trust, which funds New Jersey's open space, farmland and historic preservation, is depleted and needs a new infusion of funding if these popular programs are to continue.
SCHEDULE
8:30-9:00 a.m. - Registration and coffee
9:00-9:30 a.m. - Welcome and opening remarks by keynote speakers 9:30-10:30 a.m. - Panel discussion: Accomplishments of GSPT
- Moderator: Ralph Siegel, Executive Director, GSPT
- Susan Craft, Executive Director, State Agriculture Development Committee
- Dorothy Guzzo, Executive Director, New Jersey Historic Trust
- Martha Sapp, Bureau Chief for Local and Non-profit Assistance, NJDEP Green Acres Program
10:30-11:30 a.m. - Panel discussion: Benefits of GSPT
- Moderator: Maia Farish, Chair, NJ Historic Trust Board of Trustees
- John S. Watson Jr., Deputy Commissioner, NJ Department of Environmental Protection
- Pam Mount, Mayors' Committee for a Green Future, NJ League of Municipalities, Lawrence Township Council Member
- James J. Truncer, Secretary-Director, Monmouth County Park System
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Panel discussion: Future needs
- Moderator: Bradley S. Campbell, Counselor at Law and former NJDEP Commissioner
- Richard G. Lathrop, Director, Grant F. Walton Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis, Rutgers University
- Eileen Swan, Executive Director, NJ Highlands Council
- Colleen Mahr, President, NJ Conference of Mayors and Mayor of Fanwood Borough
12:30 - 1 p.m. - Lunch and closing remarks
RSVP by April 29 to: liz.silvernail@njaudubon.org
QUESTIONS? For more information, contact Alison Mitchell, policy director for New Jersey Conservation Foundation, at 908-234-1225 or alison@njconservation.org
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