Volunteers Designing Moorestown Open Space Brochure

Ever wondered where all the open space in Moorestown is?

If so, the township’s Open Space Advisory Committee (OSAC) has just the thing. Committee members and other volunteers are in the process of designing a brochure highlighting some of Moorestown’s more inconspicuous open space properties, according to OSAC chair Maura Dey.

“It started with some of the smaller spaces that we have that I don’t think people are aware of,” said Dey, using as an example a tiny pocket park at Pleasant Valley Avenue and Lakeview Drive that doesn’t get much attention but has “pretty trees, Nipper … It’s a great idea for a picnic.”

The brochure—tentatively titled “Take a Hike in Moorestown”—will primarily cast a spotlight on the township’s many trails, such as the hiking trail at the Boundary Creek Natural Resource Area or the trail at .

Though the trails are certainly not hidden, Dey believes many of them are “area-specific.”

“If you live near Creek Road, you know about Boundary Creek … If you live there, you’re there every day,” she said. But “probably 75 percent of people (in the rest of town) don’t know.”

The Open Space committee is working with graduate (‘11) Carlo Rosati, who began helping the committee design the brochure while still attending high school, Dey said. Though Rosati is working as a volunteer, the committee has raised more than $500 in donations to pay him for his work.

Dey said response to the brochure idea has been overwhelmingly positive, with assistance offered by a number of groups and individuals, including owner Bob Bickel and township manager Scott Carew, as well as the recreation department and Recreation Advisory Committee.

According to Dey, the current design of the brochure includes a large map of Moorestown, with several individual open space properties highlighted inside with brief descriptions.

The design team is seeking photos of some of the properties— e.g. Boundary Creek,the —to feature in the brochure.

Anyone interested in submitting photos for the brochure, or getting more information, can email Dey at deymail@comcast.net.

Dey said no target date has been set for completion of the brochure, but she’d like to have it out before the end of the year.