Author: Sean Kane-Holland
Join leaders across government, conservation, clean energy, environmental justice, research, philanthropy, business, culture, and community for an evening built around one thing: useful conversation with people you should know.
The evening will include a welcome from Duke Farms Executive Director, Margaret Waldock, remarks from NJDEP Commissioner, Ed Potosnak, and special guest Jad Abumrad, creator of Radiolab and Dolly Parton’s America.
Come curious and you’ll have the opportunity to meet over 100 leaders in New Jersey. Leave with new connections, new ideas, and a better sense of where New Jersey can lead.
Cocktails and light fare will be served.
Event Details:
Thursday, September 17, 2026
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Duke Farms
1112 Dukes Parkway West, Hillsborough, NJ
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Your donation can open the outdoors.
A gift to Nature: Accessible for All can help provide adaptive wheelchairs, improve accessible trails, expand beach and water access, enhance sensory experiences, and create inclusive outdoor programs for people with disabilities.
Every contribution helps remove a barrier.
Every improvement creates an opportunity.
Every opportunity brings someone closer to nature.
Help us build a New Jersey where everyone can explore, experience, and enjoy the outdoors.
Join us at Soirée Under the Stars and help expand the Nature: Accessible for All initiative
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What happens when we make room for everyone in nature?
People explore.
Families connect.
Communities grow.
Possibilities expand.
Through Nature: Accessible for All, we are making New Jersey’s outdoor spaces more inclusive and accessible. From accessible trails and boardwalks to beach wheelchairs, adaptive recreation, sensory trails, inclusive playgrounds, and accessible fishing and boating opportunities.
This work is happening because people, organizations, volunteers, and land managers are coming together with one shared belief: The outdoors should be accessible to everyone.
Join us for Soiree Under the Stars to celebrate the progress, honor the partnerships, and look toward what comes next.
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The Pemberton Lake Trail features an accessible, obstacle-free surface, gentle slopes and cross-slopes, widened trail areas, pedestrian gate access, and two boardwalk sections through the wetlands. Designed with mobility in mind, the trail makes it easier for more people to get outside, explore, and enjoy the beauty of Pemberton Lake.
This would not have been possible without the support of advocates, donors, and activists. Want to make more trails accessible for all in New Jersey?
Join us for Soiree Under the Stars to celebrate the progress, honor the partnerships, and look toward what comes next. If you can’t attend this event, you can support this effort by sharing with your contacts, donating or sponsoring which can allow us to provide reduced rate tickets to those who can’t afford to attend. We appreciate any help you can provide.
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Our Soiree Under the Stars is more than just a celebration of the Nature: Accessible for All program but a way to forge new partnerships, raise awareness and secure funds to help us make New Jersey more accessible.
Pinelands Alliance and its partners have a goal of creating an accessible trail within 30 minutes of every municipality.
If you can’t attend this event, you can support this effort by sharing with your contacts, donating or sponsoring which can allow us to provide reduced rate tickets to those who can’t afford to attend. We appreciate any help you can provide.
The newly launched New Jersey Rural Health Transformation website (https://nj.gov/rural-health-transformation/) provides a central resource for communities, health care providers, partners, and others interested in the program.
Visitors can:
• Define rural — Learn what qualifies as rural in New Jersey and who is eligible for the program.
• Explore NJRHTP initiatives — Learn more about the investments and activities supporting rural health transformation.
• Check program status — Follow the program’s progress as it moves through its five-year funding period.
• Find answers — Explore frequently asked questions about the program.
• Connect with the team — Find contact information and ways to get in touch.
The website also provides an at-a-glance look at the scale of the Rural Health Transformation