A Medford Lakes Colony Jackson Park Restoration meeting will be help Saturday, April 19th, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. on the Stokes Road side of Lower Aetna Dam. All colonists in good standing are encouraged to attend.
According to the latest report in the Medford Lakes Colony News:
The Colony is making progress towards the complete restoration of Jackson Park. The Colon'y consultant has provided a Park plan and a list of suggested plantings. Prior to any plantings, the Colony will contract to remove any remaining dead tress from the Park.
The Jackson Park Committee expects that the planting of trees, shrubs and flowers and the construction of an entranceway and footbridge will include many service groups in the community.
The Colony has planted over 1,000 trees and shrubs already, as part of the contract with the dredging contractor. The Park is certified wetlands area, and all planting will be native to the Pinelands and compliant with State and Pinelands guidelines for wetlands vegetation.
The proposed plan is for the Park to be subdivided, with grouping of similar plantings, each designed to blossom mat different time of the year.
The Committee also wants to replace the "Jackson Park" sign as closely as possible to the original sign destroyed in the Flood.
(Source: ML Colony News, 4/11/08)
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