Willingboro Township, New Jersey

5 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 10 lighted tennis courts, picnic pavilions, and a stocked fishing pond. “Outdoor recreation is alive and well here in Willingboro,” Dr. Worthy mentions. “The town ties into the Burlington County trail system. The county has invested over $2M in a beautiful park, the 105-acre Willingboro Lakes, that we worked together to revitalize. The trail system connects to the larger Burlington County park system and the goal is ultimately to connect it with Mill Creek Park.” Encompassing over 370 acres of upland and lowland forests, a freshwater lake, and wetlands, Crystal Lake Park is another amenity that brings the whole community together. Known as the Home of Willingboro Trout, the 20-acre lake is a popular local fishing spot for panfish and bass and is stocked twice-yearly with trout by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. “People come from all over the county to fish in Willingboro,” Dr. Worthy says. “Our Hooked on Fishing event this past June was a resounding success.” “Between the parks, the nature, and the pond, I fall in love with this community more and more every day,” Township Manager Mr. Dwayne Harris chimes in. “It’s an absolutely, aesthetically beautiful place. Coupled with the cultural richness that lives here, Willingboro is just a wonderful, hidden gem that I believe the whole world deserves to know about.” With a healthy population of about 32,000 and “great movement” within the community, Dr. Worthy anticipates steady growth and balanced economic development, in support of infrastructure – namely stormwater and transportation – and small business projects. “President Biden has made that a huge priority with ‘Building Back America Better’,” Dr. Worthy remarks. “That trickles down to the local level, where so many municipalities’ infrastructure is as old as they are and there hasn’t been enough funding to strengthen or enhance it like they need to, so they can build forward. Willingboro’s strategy has been to revisit its stormwater plans – we just invested a significant amount of money into stormwater management. Mr. Harris has