Happy New Year! In the January 14 Bloomfield Life, Greener Bloomfield coordinator John Palomaki wrote the Public Square column and offered some New Year’s Resolutions for Bloomfield, focused mostly on sustainability.
The May 22 New York Times Real Estate section features an article on Bloomfield as a town that is “charming in an old-fashioned kind of way” with “a great commute” and “lower prices” than its neighboring towns. They also mention Bloomfield’s Smart Growth Award from New Jersey Future. Read more at “Living In Bloomfield, N.J.: A Starter Spot for Suburbanites”.
Despite the snow and the date change, an enthusiastic group participated in the Greener Bloomfield meeting on Feb. 3. Most of the discussion centered around the Sustainable Jersey program, a certification system for municipalities going green, which officially launches on February 26. We also discussed ideas for an Earth Day event. You can also read [...]
Bloomfield’s “Paperless Council” project received a nice write-up in today’s Star Ledger, with supportive quotes from Deputy Clerk Bonnie Triola and Councilwoman Pat Spychala. It was used as an example of the town’s efforts to “go green”, along with the energy audit completed last year and their first action steps of replacing incandescent building lights [...]
An excellent article in the September 25 issue of The Independent Press of Bloomfield captured the excitement of the first Bloomfield Green Fest. If you don’t have the paper, you can read the article online at LocalSource.com.
The first Bloomfield Green Fest received a nice preview write-up last week in The Independent Press of Bloomfield. Staff Writer Michael W. Curley, Jr., captured the excitement we had going into the event, and we’re looking forward to seeing this week’s write-up. The article isn’t on their website any longer, but I’ve posted it after the [...]
