West Caldwell Plans to Use $150,000 Essex County Open Space Grant on Essex Valley School Field Upgrades

by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com
Published 11:53am

Credit: West Caldwell

WEST CALDWELL, NJ - West Caldwell Mayor Joseph Tempesta announced this week that the township will be making improvements to the Essex Valley School's playing field in the upcoming year. All municipalities in Essex County were awarded a $150,000 Open Space Grant from the county’s Open Space Committee and Tempesta confirmed that the township will be using these funds to pay for the upgrades.  

“This grant will go a long way in assisting the township in upgrading our fields, 
especially the Essex Valley School Field," Tempesta stated.
"In partnership with our sister town the Borough of Caldwell, we jointly applied and were successful and fortunate to have received these grants.
Combined for both communities, the $300,000
will go towards the Essex Valley School field project.
Along with innovative revenues and the combined grants, 
most of the field costs will be minimal to both towns.”

Joining the mayor in receiving the check was Councilman Michael Docteroff and Community Recreation Liaison Kathy Canale. 

Tempesta stated, "Canale and Docteroff were instrumental
in preparing the grant application and worked hard
on behalf of the residents of West Caldwell and in particular for our children.” 

The project to upgrade the Essex Valley School field is expected to begin in the spring or summer of 2015 and should be completed and ready for use by fall of 2015.

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