grants

March 11 2016

Bruno Associates Secures $58,661 for Saddle Brook’s PSE&G Direct Installment Program

Bruno Associates Secures $58,661 for Saddle Brook’s PSE&G Direct Installment Program

Funded by PSE&G

Bruno Associates aided in securing a total of $58, 661 for Saddle Brook through the PSE&G Direct Installment Program. The DPW Building will be awarded $28, 916.93, the Saddle Brook Fire Department Hook & Ladder #1 will be awarded $12,385.80 and the Saddle Brook Fire Department Engine Company #2 will be awarded $17,359. These funds will go towards installing energy-saving equipment to help in reducing their energy consumption and costs, making their facility more energy efficient.

For more information about PSE&G’s Direct Install Program, please visit https://www.pseg.com/business/small_large_business/save_energy/gov_efficiency.jsp

March 11 2016

Bruno Associates Secures $207, 854 for Guttenberg Town’s Generator Project

Funded by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Bruno Associates helped secure $207, 854 for the Town of Guttenberg’s generator project. The generator project is for their Anne Klein School Shelter and the awarded funds are provided through the Hazard Mitigation grant program. The hazard mitigation grant will help aid in reducing and eliminating long term risks for the students, residents and property by implementing these new generators.

For more information about FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation grant program, please visit http://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-grant-program

March 2 2016

Bruno Associates Secures $24,000 for Secaucus Greenway Improvements

Funded by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)

February 18, 2016– Bruno Associates requested funding from NJDEP’s Recreational Trail Grant and helped assist the Town of Secaucus which was awarded $24,000 for improvements on their Secaucus Greenway. NJDEP’s Recreational Trail Grant hopes to provide outdoor recreational opportunities, improve public access to open space, develop trails, and improve hiking, biking, off-highway vehicle activities, and horseback riding. Improving trails will encourage healthier habits and the quality of life for all residents. The Town of Secaucus will use its awarded funds specifically to enhance its Secaucus Greenway, a public 1.5-mile public walkway that will captivate the Hackensack River.

For more information about NJDEP’s Recreational Trail Grant, please visit http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/natural/trail_grants.htm

February 17 2016

Bruno Associates Secures $11,000 for Berkeley Township’s Food, Tire and Public Spaces Bonus Recycling Grant Program

Bruno Associates Secures $11,000 for Berkeley Township’s Food, Tire and Public Spaces Bonus Recycling Grant Program

Funded by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)

June 22, 2015– Bruno Associates requested funding from NJDEP’s Food, Tire and Public Spaces Bonus Recycling Grant Program and was awarded $11,000 for the Township of Berkeley. Berkeley Township will install 50 recycling containers throughout Leiter Field, Dudley Park, Veteran’s Park and Toms River Park. Additionally, the funds will assist with continuing a Tire Recycling Program in Lakewood and developing their food waste awareness campaign by advising restaurant owners and local food handlers about proper routines for food waste disposal. The Township of Berkeley predicts over 50 tons of recycled materials will be generated annually.

For more information about the NJDEP and its grant programs, please visit http://www.nj.gov/dep/

February 17 2016

Bruno Associates Secures $24,924 for the Borough of Rutherford’s Food, Tire and Public Space Bonus Recycling Grant Program

Bruno Associates Secures $24,924 for the Borough of Rutherford’s Food, Tire and Public Space Bonus Recycling Grant Program

Funded by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)

June 8, 2015– Bruno Associates requested funding from NJDEP’s Food, Tire and Public Space Bonus Recycling Grant Program and was awarded $24,924 for the Borough of Rutherford. The Borough of Rutherford plans to implement a total of 79 recycling containers, 57 of which will go directly towards Memorial Park alone because it has 225,000 visitors each year. These containers will be installed at Memorial Park, Tamblyn Field, Walls Field, Van Winkle Park, Sunset Park, Mountainside Park, Rutherford Waterfront Park and the Lincoln Woods. The Borough of Rutherford anticipates with these added recycling containers, in total they will generate 127.4 tons of recycled material annually.

For more information about the NJDEP and its grant programs, please visit http://www.nj.gov/dep/

February 17 2016

Bruno Associates Secures $525 for the Borough of North Arlington’s Food, Tire and Public Spaces Bonus Recylcing Grant

Bruno Associates Secures $525 for the Borough of North Arlington’s Food, Tire and Public Spaces Bonus Recycling Grant

Funded by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)

June 11, 2015– Bruno Associates requested funding from the NJDEP’s Food, Tire and Public Spaces Bonus Recycling Grant Program and was awarded $525 for the Borough of North Arlington. North Arlington with these awarded funds will implement recycling containers in specifically three locations that desperately need it. The first location is Borough Hall, a structure that withholds many business meetings, public meetings and reports to municipal court sessions. The second location is Resignola Park which needs the recycling containers to maintain the cleanliness of the park and the environment surrounding it. The last location the received funds will go towards is on Price Path, alongside Riverview Avenue. The Borough of North Arlington predicts with these recycling containers in these high traffic areas there will be approximately six tons of recycled material accumulated annually.

For more information about the NJDEP and its grant programs, please visit http://www.nj.gov/dep/

February 8 2016

Bruno Associates Secures $23,705 for Secaucus’ Bonus Recycling Program

Bruno Associates Secures $23,705 for Secaucus’ Bonus Recycling Program

Funded by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)

February 5, 2016– Bruno Associates requested funding from the NJDEP Bonus Recycling Grant Program and was awarded $23,705 for the Town of Secaucus. This awarded grant was designated as a matching grant to the Town of Secaucus’ Food Waste Recycling Grant awarded at the end of 2015, which was to help recycle all the food waste in the school systems. Now Secaucus can be resourceful and compost food waste in a sustainable and efficient way.

For more information about the NJDEP and its grant programs, please visit http://www.nj.gov/dep/

February 1 2016

Bruno Associates Secures $1,100,000 for West New York Town’s Park Rehabilitation’s

Funded by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

Summer 2015—Bruno Associates requested funding from the NDJEP Green Acres Program and was awarded $1,100,000 in grants for the Town of West New York’s Donnelly and Veteran’s Parks. The Green Acres Program administers funds to local governments and nonprofit land trusts to obtain open space and develop parks throughout the state. These projects that are approved by the Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT) sets aside millions to provide funds for developing parks and recreational facilities, local land acquisition projects, preserving land and protecting the environment along with its wildlife. The Town of West New York intends to use its awarded funds to enhance both Donnelly Park and Veteran’s Park. These improvements will vary from fixing drainage problems, restoring bicycle and pedestrian paths, resurfacing courts, upgrading the playground, updating the landscape and adding two patios with game tables and benches. Overall, these renovations will preserve the view at both parks and improve the safety conditions.

For more information on the Green Acres Program and the success of the funded projects, please visit http://www.nj.gov/dep/greenacres/

February 1 2016

Bruno Associates Secures $550,000 for Secaucus Town’s Downtown Recreation Acquisition

Funded by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

Summer 2015—Bruno Associates requested funding from the NDJEP Green Acres Program and was awarded $550,000 in grants for Secaucus Town’s Downtown recreation acquisition . The Green Acres Program administers funds to local governments and nonprofit land trusts to obtain open space and develop parks throughout the state. These projects that are approved by the Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT) sets aside millions to provide funds for developing parks and recreational facilities, local land acquisition projects, preserving land and protecting the environment along with its wildlife. The Town of Secaucus plans to use its awarded funds to purchase vacant land next to Buchmuller Park to protect the property from future development. Additionally, a community garden will be planted in the park and handled by the Secaucus Environmental Department.

For more information on the Green Acres Program and the success of the funded projects, please visit http://www.nj.gov/dep/greenacres/

February 1 2016

Bruno Associates Secures $1,100,000 for North Bergen Township’s Little League Field

Funded by the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)

Summer 2015— Bruno Associates requested funding from the NDJEP Green Acres Program and was awarded $1,100,000 in grants for Borth Bergen Township’s 76th Street Little League field upgrades. The Green Acres Program administers funds to local governments and nonprofit land trusts to obtain open space and develop parks throughout the state. These projects that are approved by the Garden State Preservation Trust (GSPT) sets aside millions to provide funds for developing parks and recreational facilities, local land acquisition projects, preserving land and protecting the environment along with its wildlife. North Bergen Township plans to use its awarded funds to renovate the facilities at the 76th Street Park. These improvements are mainly for the Little League Field and will add new batting cages, tables, benches, security enhancements, fencing, lighting and the installation of artificial turf.

For more information on the Green Acres Program and the success of the funded projects, please visit http://www.nj.gov/dep/greenacres/