GREEN TEAM GOALS

Below are some goals discussed last year by the Green Team Committee and subcommittees.
If there are questions, suggestions, etc. please feel free to reply below.
A document incorporating all the responses will be prepared so the full Green Team and subcommittees can decide which items are good for 2019 or no longer feasible. Each of the subcommittees will also work on Sustainable Jersey certification items in their respective subject areas.
If you're reading this and sustainability in South River concerns you, then we want your input.
("River Advocacy" and "Transparency and Open Government" subcommittees get retired once their work is complete, unless there are more things they should be tasked with. Feel free to make suggestions.)
Community Garden -- creation of pollinator garden, bee keeping, bat houses, nursery for street tree replacement, flower nursery for community beautification projects, Adopt-a-Spot (or street) for clean-ups and beautification.
River Advocacy -- recommending creation of a local river advocacy community group and/or permanant inter-municipal advisory board.
Natural Resources -- green infrastructure planning and implementation, assist in ERI/NRI research, review processes in Community Forestry Plan and tree planting/inventory, flood plain restoration and tree planting, study riparian land use zoning, Blue Acres property reactivation, Brownfields inventory and landuse, flood resiliancy.
Transparency and Open Government Task Force -- study and issue report of recommendations on improving access to government and records, produce a guide to preparing public body minutes, review public information and publicity efforts of the borough and school district.
Creative South River -- encourage creative arts respecting inclusiveness and diversity, pursue arts funding and grants, mural installations to combat graffiti.

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