Business View Magazine | July 2019

251 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JULY 2019 setting up charge stations. We were successful in receiving a grant for 12 electric charge stations; six of those will be charge stations for commercial use. In other words, people can come off the Parkway, plug-in, recharge, go have lunch (because we’re right downtown), and then get back on the Parkway and go. We’re using three of those charging stations for our parking garage adjacent to the Bloomfield train station. We’re taking the last three to start our own municipal fleet of electric cars. The Mayor and Township Council approved purchase of three electric cars this year. Six of the charge stations are already installed and available through the EV Connect.” Bloomfield is working with a consultant, Greener by Design, LLC, an energy, environmental, and resiliency company to put in PV solar installations in conjunction with the community schools, and to install solar generation at various locations, including the charge lot and municipal parking lot. The municipality hopes to have, at least, the plan in place by the end of 2019 for their own assisted solar electric alternative energy sources. Bloomfield is also spending nearly $7 million to change the old mechanical water meters to new meters that can read in real time without actual water meter readers. Watkins asserts, “What’s most important is that, when there’s a leak, we will know it within a day and can advise the property owner. If there’s suddenly a high water usage at a place that was using very little, we can investigate. That saves the township on loss of water, which clearly is a major problem for municipalities throughout the United States, and benefits our residents, as we can notify them immediately or they can monitor it themselves. Where the house is not occupied all the time, or residents simply don’t realize they have a leak, this can spare them the shock when they receive a huge water bill.” Seven apartment complexes have been developed since 2013, all rented out, with seven more online. Since 2013, Bloomfield has approved over 2,600 new residential units, mostly apartments surrounding the Bloomfield train station and the Watsessing train station, both on the New Jersey Transit Midtown Direct line into New York Adams, Rehmann & Heggan Associates (ARH) is a 3rd generation, family-owned, award-winning, multi- disciplined engineering firm with more than 40+ years of experience representing the public and private sectors. ARH has 80+ employees in three offices strategically located across the state (Hammonton, Bloomfield, and Tinton Falls), with the ability to service its clients from Sussex County to Cape May County, from shore communities such as Neptune Township and Barnegat to rural communities like Vineland and Millville, or sprawling suburbs like Monroe Township and Pemberton. In 2018, ARH worked for over 200 clients, performing services in all 21 New Jersey counties. For decades, ARH has upheld one clear mission: to provide unsurpassed engineering, planning and surveying service that improves the environment through sustainable design. The company’s services include: Civil Engineering, Site Design & Planning, Municipal & Land Use Representation, Environmental Assessments, Preliminary Investigations & Site Remediation, Site Analysis & Schematic Design, Bridge, Dam & Structural Engineering, Regulatory Compliance & Permitting, Landscape Architecture, Land & Marine Surveying, GIS Mapping, Redevelopment Planning & Engineering, Traffic & Parking Engineering/ Assessment, Construction Management & Inspection, Cost Estimating & Preparation of Construction Documents, and Grant Writing & Funding Acquisition. 215 Bellevue Avenue Hammonton, New Jersey 08037 (609) 561-0482 ...... For more information, please visit our website www.arh-us.com BLOOMF I ELD TOWNSHI P , NEW JERSEY