Painting of Greenway Meadows by this year’s Donald B. Jones Conservation Award honoree Rosemary Miles Blair (1931-2015). The award will be presented at the Greenway Gala on Sunday, September 20, 2015 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Princeton.
D&R Greenway Land Trust is set to host its Greenway Gala on Sunday, September 20, 2015 from 4 to 6 p.m. The event will be held at Meredith’s Garden for Inspiration at the Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place in Princeton.
The annual event pays tribute to those who have made a difference in land preservation through inspiring conservation. Libations and hors d’oeuvres will be served. This year’s Donald B. Jones Conservation Award will honor D&R Greenway founder and long-time trustee Rosemary Miles Blair (1931-2015).
Born in Brooklyn, Blair earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of New Rochelle and a master’s from Columbia University Teacher’s College. With her husband David William Blair she moved to Princeton in 1958, raising six children. Blair taught for 30 years in Princeton.
An accomplished artist, Blair was active in her community and instrumental in bringing bike paths to Princeton in 1978. Passionate about preserving open space, she served as president of Friends of Princeton Open Space before founding D&R Greenway. Thanks to her foresight, D&R Greenway has preserved close to 19,000 acres– an area 320 times as large as Greenway Meadows park where the event will take place.
D&R Greenway’s professional skills enable the nonprofit to identify, inspire and complete preservation transactions. Over the past 26 years, important partners in this work have been the New Jersey Green Acres Program and State farmland preservation program, and local communities through use of their open space funds.
Tickets cost $85. Tickets and sponsorships support D&R Greenway’s mission to preserve and care for land and inspire a conservation ethic, now and for the future. Donald B. Jones (1911-1994) was a determined preservationist who spent his time and resources saving the land and historic buildings that give our region its special character. D&R Greenway presents an annual award to a recipient who has displayed a similar selfless generosity, making a significant important on our landscape.
For more information, visit drgreenway.org or phone (609) 924-4646.
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