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Ridgewood NJ, the Sierra Club has jumped in the fight to stop artificial turf at the historic Schedler property in Ridgewood!
The Sierra Club says:
The NJ State Historic Preservation office will determine whether or not an artificial turf field will be built at the historic Schedler property in Ridgewood, NJ. Tell them to protect this property and say no to damaging artificial turf.
The New Jersey Sierra Club strongly opposes the use of toxic artificial turf for outdoor recreation, as it endangers community health, impacts wildlife and natural habitat, increases flooding, and pollutes our waterways with harmful chemicals. More importantly, there should not be any development on historic property with Native artifacts.
Tell the State Historic Preservation Office to say no to dangerous artificial turf!
Ridgewood’s proposed artificial turf development at the historic Schedler property would have serious environmental and public health impacts. Synthetic turf is an impervious surface that often requires the removal of trees, and can lead to landslides and flooding. It is composed of toxic materials including forever chemicals (PFAS) that build up in the environment and harm our health. These playing fields put children in direct contact with a PFAS-containing material, directly putting children in harm’s way.
The development of this property is completely inappropriate due to its historical significance. The proposed property for the Ridgewood turf field is listed on the National and NJ Registers of Historic Places given its Revolutionary War history. According to a December archaeological report, the site yielded invaluable historic and Native American artifacts. Due to this immense historic significance, another second-phase $53,778 survey of the property has been ordered. Additionally, the NJDEP has issued soil sampling and analysis after contamination was found from previous construction at the site. The evaluation of the proposed development must include the soil sample results to be conducted by the NJDEP to determine whether or not the site is safe, and the public needs to be informed.
Join us in sending a comment to the State Historic Preservation Office and ask them to protect citizens, this historical property, and to deny the Village of Ridgewood’s application. Click here to TAKE ACTIONhttps://act.sierraclub.org/
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crickets from the Ridgewood pedo cuc boy a$$ kissers ?
Good luck in fighting, dirty politics, the villager Ridgewood at the end of the day doesn’t give two shits about anyone. They’re going to do whatever they wanna do that’s in their playbook and remember they don’t share that playbook with you and I. That’s run from behind the curtain.
So who is really running things?
This Council majority and Village Manager are the slimiest and most incompetent of all time. If it’s not lining their pockets, then why are they hell bent on moving forward with such a dangerous and devious plan?
Done. Was so easy!
“It is composed of toxic materials including forever chemicals (PFAS) that build up in the environment and harm our health.” First our undrinkable contaminantes water now this. Residents need to do something.
TAKE ACTION!
https://act.sierraclub.org/actions/NewJersey?actionId=AR0421859&id=70131000001Lp1FAAS
SO UNETHICAL! How can three attorneys collude to harm the public? This should be reported. They sued 3M for the exact same thing they are doing to the public now.
#corrupt #paulvagianos #pamperron #siobhanwinograd #evanweitz #BankofNewYorkMellon #keithkazmark
Because it’s their farm and you’re their pigs.
I really hope this bad bunch gets sued. They would really deserve for not only lying but also outright poisoning people.
There’s no way The Ridgewood Blog would endorse such a liberal, woke organization such as the Sierra Club, right?
Isn’t Ridgewood currently paying an outside company $60 thousand per Siobahn Whinograd? We need the to come in and test the soil that was illegally dumped on the property, right? I think I heard, to be confirmed, that people were illegally dumping on that Schedler property at night when they thought no one was paying attention and it is that soil that could be dangerous. Of course, the mayor and council were going to try to slide their plan through without testing the soil knowing that this had occured. They didn’t even check, so what does that tell you about due diligence. Do they actually care about Ridgewood kids if this is the case. Between toxic soil and turf, they are just total losers with a lot of power to make people sick, wihch is so diabolically dangerous!!
Whino pushing hard for turf for her favorite soccer bunnies. so sad that it is the only thing she cares about is pleasing the sports organizations. Is this a full funded special interest project from her personal playbook, wait for the movie to come out. She goes on and on about no mow may and how interested her mom and kids were about the process, but votes yes on turf??? Biggest “Hippo Krit” around Ms. Whino. Get your pom poms ready missy. Is she gunning for a mayoral role,perhaps. does she have her checklist ready to go??? Maybe Frank the bee man will run for council, we can’t make this stuff up. slimeballs in shitshow shangri-la.
By only opposing the artificial turf you are opening the door to the larger field.
the council can now say “ok we listened only a grass field” and then have the larger field.
The residents don’t want a full sized field, it is a large field, taking down more trees, there will be more players, more traffic.
Its not just the turf! Don’t be so focused on the artificial turf that there will be a 76% larger field. The residents and sports groups already agreed to a mid sized field but the minute these 4 were in office, all of a sudden that compromise went out the window.
The entire submission is wrong, not just the artificial turf.
Why is the 501C3 only for the Zabriskie-Schedler House? Why didn’t they push for registry of the historical property? That’s what ultimately opened the “free for all” mess we are in today.
But hey, the 10million dollar house (with no tax roll) will remain standing-while the environment and public around gets annihilated. 🙄
Agreed. No one wants the large field or the turf. If you look at the plan that is on the village website, it takes up the entire property. Park was supposed to be a balance of passive and active. With a giant field that size, it is all active and there will be little room for anything else. Also you have to consider their plan to cut down probably every tree and then tell you what a tree city USA we are. so hypocritical.