How Trails
Benefit
Our Community
Parks
Jackson
NJ State Parks
How Trails Benefit Our Community
- They increase our property values.
- They increase community pride.
- They improve our quality of life.
- They provide a cleaner environment.
- They reduce traffic by providing paths for alternative transport.
- They promote health and fitness.
- They help reduce crime.
- They provide Eco-tourism.
- They conserve linked native ecosystems and landscapes.
- They provides low cost opportunities for family activities.
- They provide a safer and quieter way to get to community focal points.
- They provide opportunities for children to be directly involved in creating or protecting a trail with significant environmental impact.
- They provide citizenship training for students by involving them in developing a permanent community project.
- Provide opportunities for trail improvement projects of all kind.
- Helping to build a trail will instill a sense of ownership.
- The pride that students gain from stewardship will be passed down to their children, helping to preserve these Greenways for generations to come.
- Greenways provide comprehensive trail and linear park systems that provide bikeways, pedestrian paths, horse trails and recreation for residents, families, and children.
