It’s a silver anniversary year for Princeton’s D&R Greenway Land Trust.
The Princeton-based organization is celebrating 25 years of land preservation in central New Jersey with the Greenway Gala, a garden party honoring People of Preservation. The party is scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 13.
The Greenway Gala features cocktails and hors d’oeuvres served in Meredith’s Garden for Inspiration outside D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center. Tickets are $100.
At the gala, D&R Greenway is set to present the Donald B. Jones Conservation Award to Richard S. Goldman, Esq., a partner at Drinker, Biddle and Reath LLP.
Goldman is no stranger to Donald B. Jones Conservation Awards. As past chairman and long-time board member of the D&R Greenway Land Trust, he has presented this honor to many worthy recipients. It is annually presented by D&R Greenway to a person or group embodying their mission to inspire a conservation ethic.
Since its founding, as Delaware and Raritan Greenway in 1989, Goldman’s vision for land preservation has guided the organization’s work. He has given countless hours of pro-bono legal support to secure permanent land preservation, closing nearly 200 of the Greenway’s 260 land transactions.
At the Gala, D&R Greenway is recognizing Partners in Preservation Betty Wold Johnson and the East Amwell Farmland and Open Space Committee.
Betty Wold Johnson, a landowner and philanthropist, is being honored for significant contributions to land preservation that impact the Hopewell and Princeton communities. Her personal commitment has enhanced the future of Hopewell.
The East Amwell Farmland and Open Space Committee, represented by long-time dedicated volunteers Glorianne Robbi and Dick Ginman, is being honored for significant contributions to preserving their community’s environment through volunteer leadership for more than 20 years.
Bristol-Myers Squibb has earned the Business Partner in Preservation award. A model for good community citizenship, Bristol-Myers Squibb’s contributions have been critical to preservation of Carson Road Woods in Lawrence Township, as well as St. Michaels Farm Preserve in Hopewell. Co-leader of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail, Bristol-Myers Squibb is connecting people to the land and inspiring a conservation ethic.
More information is online at drgreenway.org.
Meredith’s Garden for Inspiration will serve as the setting for the Greenway Gala.,
