Business View Magazine | September 2019

273 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2019 for dealing with commercial truck traffic along Route 9 as it relates to existing and future land use patterns, adjust the timing of traffic lights to allow traffic to flow more efficiently, improve bus routes along the route, and work with the County Transportation Department to improve the trolley/ jitney service to local retail areas. In addition, the Township continues to make open space a high priority. There is ongoing consideration to adding pocket parks and creating links between open spaces and recreation sites. Lacey is known throughout the county and state for its beautiful, well-maintained parks. Recently, Laureigh reports that the Township installed an inflatable water park in one of its man-made lakes, which has caused an increase in the use of its public beach and brought revenue in from outside the community. “We are also planning to enhance the bulkhead along our municipal docks, as well as protect the Pinelands National Preserve by improving and repairing a high hazard dam,” she adds. In addition, Lacey is committed to focus on a strategy that seeks to mitigate the effects of climate change, such as coastal flooding and sea level rise, with the enhancement and/or protection of its tidal marshes, including the development of bay and riverfront wave energy dissipation structures, the implementation of living shorelines, and the restoration of oyster and shellfish properties. Other potential sustainable initiatives include electric vehicle charging stations, micro grids, bios swales, community gardens, energy audits, the implementation of an anti-idling program, and the incorporation of renewable energy into site plans and redevelopment areas. In 2021, Lacey will be celebrating its 150th anniversary and the Township is marketing itself with the following slogan: Live it, Love it, and be a Part of it. “We are home to the unique Forked River Mountains in the heart of a vast 20,000-acre wilderness that remains relatively unchanged in the last 40 years because of preservation efforts by the conservation community,” Laureigh declares. There is no substitute for a Skilled U.A. Building and Construction Trades Craftsmen LACEY TOWNSHI P , NEW JERSEY