Denville, New Jersey

DENV I LLE TOWNSHI P , NEW JERSEY cleaning supply drive; people helped businesses clean out their stores; it was one good thing after another.” All community groups chipped in – the Police Athletic League, the Salvation Army, the Kiwanis, the Rotary Club, the PTA, church groups, the local high school. There were car washes, pancake breakfasts, and all types of fundraisers. Eventually, the community raised a half-million dollars. Even people from neighboring towns pitched in because they considered Denville to be their downtown, as well. Andes, who became mayor four months after the hurricane, adds that the city also applied for some federal grants and over the next few years, Denville received over $1.5 million to help revitalize downtown with new street lamps, curb cuts, utilities, trees, garbage receptacles, and park benches – everything themed to match the town’s old-fashioned clock tower at the corner of East Main Street and Broadway, on the little point known by residents as “the triangle.” “We