Kunkel Park In Middletown, Atlantic Highland's Town Marina Park Get Money For Improvements

MIDDLETOWN, NJ — On Nov. 14, the Monmouth County Board of Commissioners awarded grants to 27 different Monmouth County towns to make improvements to parks.

Middletown received $361,817 to continue to make improvements to Kunkel Park in Leonardo. Atlantic Highlands was given $180,908 to make improvements to its municipal harbor park.

Neither town has said what exactly the coming improvements are.

The towns that were awarded funding through the 2025 Municipal Open Space Grant program, and the amount each awardee received were as follows:

• Allenhurst – Railroad Park Plaza – Phase III - $144,727
• Atlantic Highlands – Improvements to Municipal Harbor Park - $180,908
• Belmar – Silver Lake Recreation Trail Reconstruction Project - $203,341
• Brielle – Brielle Eco Path - $75,981
• Eatontown – F. Bliss Arboretum and Wildlife Sanctuary Bridge Replacement - $161,370
• Fair Haven – 21 Fair Haven Road Waterfront Improvements - $361,817
• Freehold Borough – Veterans Park Improvement Project - $49,931
• Freehold Township – Opatut Park Improvement Project - $122,294
• Hazlet – Interior Fit Out of Pre-fabricated Recreation Building - $361,817
• Highlands – Improvements at Veterans Memorial Park, Improvements at Huddy Park, and Community Center Improvements - $225,050
• Little Silver – Markham Place Complex Improvements - $220,708
• Long Branch – Van Court Park Improvements - $361,817
• Manalapan – Dreyer All-Inclusive Playground Surfacing - $54,272
• Manasquan – Winterstella Park Playground Improvements - $344,811
• Matawan – Terhune Park Improvements - $180,908
• Middletown – Kunkel Park Site Improvements - $361,817
• Millstone Township – Baird Homestead Improvement Project 2025 - $126,636
• Monmouth Beach – Monmouth Beach Memorial Park and Griffin Park Fitness Equipment - $108,545
• Neptune City – Improvements to Memorial Park and Adams Field - $361,817
• Neptune Township – Improvements to Sunshine Park Playground - $267,744
• Oceanport – Blackberry Bay Park Improvements – $280,7700
• Red Bank – Count Basie Park Open Space Improvement Project - $361,817
• Rumson – Jumping Point Park – West Park - $361,817
• Spring Lake – Marucci Memorial Park Improvements – Phase III - $217,090
• Union Beach - Scholer Park Improvements – Phase XI - $68,022
• Wall Township – Camp Evans Recreational Upgrades – Phase II - $361,817
• West Long Branch – Valenzano Park - $72,363