Point Pleasant Beach Receives $2K Sustainable Jersey Grant

POINT PLEASANT BEACH, NJ — Point Pleasant Beach has been awarded a $2,000 grant by Sustainable Jersey for sustainability efforts in the borough, officials announced Wednesday.

The award is one of 46 to school districts and towns across New Jersey for a variety of environmental projects.

Point Pleasant Beach's award is to support is Green Team in community awareness and education efforts.

"We are excited to have been selected to receive the $2,000 award from the 2024 Sustainable Jersey Grant from PSEG Foundation," Mayor Douglas Vitale said. "Point Pleasant Beach has been working hard to improve our sustainable profile, and we are fortunate to have a great community to support us, so this grant will go a long way to help us recruit new volunteers and SJ participants."

"We are looking forward to developing informational handouts for public outreach and education to teach our residents new ways to incorporate environmentally-friendly solutions at home and in their businesses," he said.

“When it comes to implementing solutions to key sustainability challenges, we must keep raising our collective ambitions,” said Randall Solomon, executive director for Sustainable Jersey. “Sustainable Jersey grants funded by the PSE&G Foundation give our municipalities and schools the chance to dream big and implement projects that help New Jersey become more livable, environmentally friendly and prosperous.”

The PSEG Foundation has contributed $3.4 million in funding to the Sustainable Jersey grants program for municipalities and schools over the past 13 years.