Jim Amon, the executive director of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission for 29 years, will address the annual meeting of the D&R Canal Watch, 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 28. The meeting will be held in the mule tenders barracks on the Griggstown Causeway, 7 Grisstown Causeway, Franklin Township.
The meeting is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Parking is available along the causeway.
Amon was the first executive director of the Canal Commission, beginning in 1974 when the canal became a state park. He is credited with transforming the neglected canal to the treasured linear park that it is today. After retiring from the commission, he became director of stewardship of the D&R Greenway, an organization he helped to found in 1989. He recently retired from that post.
At the June 28 meeting, Amon will discuss how the canal and park changed during his nearly three decades at the commission and his experiences as director.
For further information, contact Canal Watch President Linda Barth at (908) 240-0488 or barthlinda123@aol.com.
