
The proposed excessive $22 million Mercer County Park Commission Plan, aka: the obscene overdevelopment we're fighting against. Click here for enlarged view of map, or check out our ALTERNATE, passive recreation plan.
The Friends of Dam Site 21 ALTERNATE Plan (truly passive plan). Click here to view this plan, or read all about our comprehensive index and alternatives to the proposed MCPC plan.
Please sign the petition we have gathered. We have over 950 HAND WRITTEN petitions signed and 1,650 petitions signed online. We hope to reach 2,000 online, so please add your name!
New Jersey 101.5 writes an article: "The $19 Million Dollar Park in Mercer County That Nobody Wants." Click here to read.
Here's why: MCPC action approving master plan was unauthorized without first appearing before municipal planning boards. Third party approvals still required. NJ Department of Environmental Protection, i.e. Wetlands and Greenacres for funding. Mercer County Freeholders funding of matching Greenacres monies.
County Park Commission’s idea
of “passive recreation" is:
EQUALS= IRRESPONSIBLE SPENDING OF $19 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY!!!!!
GET A LAWN SIGN. Please contact us AT (609) -281-5626 to get involved with this effort. Please sign the petition . Call these 3 elected officials to minimize the disturbance of Dam Site 21. Robbinsville Mayor, Dave Fried, 609-259-3600. Ext. 1102. Hamilton Mayor, Jeff Martin, 609-890-3507. Mercer County Executive, Brian Hughes, 609-989-4819. or Click on this link to Contact your representatives and express your opposition to Dam Site 21's unnecessary development based on cost ($19.7 Million) and keeping the site passive.
DAM SITE 21 NATURAL HABITAT AREA 278 ACRES (“DS 21 Area”)
situated in Hamilton, Robbinsville and West Windsor Townships, within one half mile of 2600 acre Mercer County Park (“MCP”) and one quarter mile of Sayen Gardens
Friends Of Dam Site 21, www.friendsofdamsite21.org --ever-growing group concerned about the plight of the DS 21 Area (over 1500 online petition signature and another 950 handwritten signatures) and wasteful government spending.
Mission:
To Preserve the Passive Existence, Utilization and unique Natural Habitat of Dam Site 21 by way of limited disturbance in order to maintain the character of the site.
DOWNLOADABLE DOCUMENTS
The Full Extent of the MCPC's Current (Invasive) Master Plan for DS21 (pdf)
DownloadFriends of Dam Site 21'S ALTERNATE, Passive Plan (May 2022) (pdf)
DownloadINDEX + ALTERNATIVES TO DAM SITE 21 MASTER PLAN (pdf)
DownloadFlood Levels at Dam Site 21 (pdf)
DownloadResolution 2020-R025 West Windsor (pdf)
DownloadResolution.PDF Hamilton - Adobe Acrobat Pro (pdf)
DownloadElected officials 2020 (pdf)
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