Open Space Advisory Committee Recommends Smaller Catalpa Park Plan

October 22, 2025 Open Space Committee, Open Space/Environment Taxes, Taxes at Work

**LOOKING FOR COST SAVINGS –** *Open Space Advisory Committee member Arnold Schmidt raised several questions about the costs associated with the full-blown Catalpa Park plan.*

The Open Space Advisory Committee on October 21 voted to recommend a scaled-down version of Catalpa Park to the Township Council.

The Committee had earlier narrowly defeated a motion to recommend the full version of the park, targeted for the Catalpa Farm property at Old Vliet and South Middlebush roads.

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Open Space Advisory Committee Recommends Smaller Catalpa Park Plan

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