Camden County Freeholder Director Explains Where Open Space Dollars Are Going
Freeholder Director Louis Cappelli Jr. lauds area improvements from tax fund.
In 1998, the residents of Camden County voted overwhelmingly to create a county open space fund to acquire, preserve and maintain environmentally sensitive land, open space, drinking water sources, historic sites, recreation areas and farmland. Since then, more than 2,000 acres of farmland and open space have been preserved, and existing recreational areas and historic sites have been improved, at a total cost to the county of $40.97 million—money well spent on behalf of taxpayers. Despite recent critical media coverage of county land purchases, all this has been accomplished according to a thorough, transparent process. It involves the county freeholder board, the county Parks Department, the state Department of Environmental Protection, …
