{"id":1714,"date":"2020-12-23T17:10:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T17:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/?page_id=1714"},"modified":"2022-11-02T15:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T15:42:13","slug":"success-story-loveless-parcel-mercer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/success-story-loveless-parcel-mercer\/","title":{"rendered":"Success Story &#8211; Loveless Parcel, Mercer County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">Green Acres Success Stories<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Loveless Parcel, Lawrence Twp, Mercer County, 45 Acres<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>A combination of preservation funding led to the successful acquisition of this property in July 2007. Green Acres funding was provided to Lawrence Township and Lawrence Township Conservation Foundation, with matching funds provided by the Mercer County and Lawrence Township open space tax funds. The Loveless family formerly ran a nursery growing evergreen trees and selling them for Christmas trees during the holiday season. The \u201cLoveless Nature Preserve\u201d is a significant addition to Lawrence Township\u2019s park and open space system.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1718&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; alt=&#8221;Welcome sign to Loveless Nature Preserve&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1717&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; alt=&#8221;Tree-lined entrance road into Loveless Nature Preserve&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<br \/>\nSee our <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/featured-success-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">featured<\/a> and other <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/success-stories-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent Green Acres Success Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/success-state-acquisition-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archived State Land Acquisition Success Stories <\/a><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/success-local-nonprofit-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archived Local Unit and Nonprofit Land Acquisition Success Stories <\/a><br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Green Acres Success Stories [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Loveless Parcel, Lawrence Twp, Mercer County, 45 Acres A combination of preservation funding led to the successful acquisition of this property in July 2007. Green Acres funding was provided to Lawrence Township and Lawrence Township Conservation Foundation, with matching funds provided by the Mercer County and Lawrence Township open [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1714","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/greenacres\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}