Deptford Township, New Jersey

DEPTFORD TOWNSHI P , NEW JERSEY repaving, and installing new sidewalks and curbs. High speed fiber is provided through Verizon and Comcast and the whole town is wired for both companies. On the green front, Deptford Township was ahead of the curve. It passed an ordinance 10 years ago requiring all new houses to have garbage disposals to put food waste down the drain. They also went to single-stream recycling; outfitting the whole town with 70-gallon recycling cans and it was very successful until this year. Regretfully, recycling is now becoming really challenging. Renewables are also important. With the town’s cooperation, Public Service Electric & Gas (PSE&G) constructed phase one of a solar field project on one of Deptford’s landfills. They were just approved for phase two – when that’s done, it will be one of the largest solar fields on the east coast. And that energy goes back into the grid. Mayor Medany is very proud of his long tenure in office and the success that Deptford Township continues to achieve. He sums up his thoughts about the community by saying, “We’re very business-friendly. We hold at least two annual meetings where we invite every business in Deptford to come to a lunch at the municipal building to meet the elected officials. We ask what we can do for them and vice versa, and we maintain that relationship. I tell them that we consider them residents of Deptford Township, because those owners and managers end up spending more time at their business than they do at home. “We have an outstanding playground program in every neighborhood to offer recreation for