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State of the Community Strategic Planning Report State of the Community ____________________________________________________________________________ Strategic Planning Report February 2016 Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District State of the Community Report Committee Members: Brian Walsh, Co-Chairperson, Director of Personnel Eric Friedman, Co-Chairperson, Community Member Connie Kelley, Community Member, Councilwoman Deb Gries, Community Member Kim Radvanski, Community Member Laurie Skop, Community Member Melvin Todd, Community Member Donna McCarthy, Community Member 1 State of the Community Report Table of Contents Title of Section Page Number(s) 1. Community Profile…………………………………………………………….3 a. Aberdeen……………………………………………………………...3 b. Matawan………………………………………………………………5 c. Cliffwood Beach………………………………………………………8 2. Community Organizations…………………………………………………….10 3. Youth Sports Leagues………………………………………………………...14 4. Parks and Recreation…………………………………………………………15 5. Houses of Worship…………………………………………………………….15 6. Projected Development……………………………………………………….17 7. Projected Enrollment by Grade……………………………………………….18 8. Summary of Community Survey Results…………………………………….19 9. Chamber of Commerce Business Listings…………………………………..25 10. Matawan Business Listings…………………………………………………...37 2 Community Profiles Aberdeen Township Aberdeen is a Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township population was 18,210. Aberdeen Township is part of the Bayshore Regional Strategic Plan, an effort by nine municipalities in northern Monmouth County to reinvigorate the area's economy by emphasizing the traditional downtowns, dense residential neighborhoods, maritime history, and the natural beauty of the Raritan Bay coastline. History Those who settled in this area developed into the Lenape Native Americans. About the year 1000, an agricultural society developed, and small villages dotted what was to become New Jersey. The Lenape began a westward retreat in the face of European settlement and disease beginning in the late seventeenth century, beginning in Monmouth County by the mid-eighteenth century. Although the Lenape presently live in Ontario and Oklahoma, their legacy survives in such names as Mohingson, Luppatatong and Matawan Creeks and Raritan Bay. The earliest known attempt at European settlement was in 1650 when the south side of Raritan Bay was purchased from the Lenape by the New Netherland Colony. Origins of Aberdeen Township On November 8, 1977, the residents of Matawan Township voted to change the name of the Township to create a community identity separate from that of Matawan Borough. The residents voted to call their community Aberdeen Township. Officials believed the new name would draw attention to the Township, as it is listed first alphabetically among New Jersey's 566 municipalities. Today, Aberdeen is a suburban Township of 5.5 square miles of land containing a mix of residence, light industry and shopping centers. Sections of the Township include Cliffwood, Cliffwood Beach, Freneau, Oakshades, River Gardens, Strathmore and Woodfield. There are three postal ZIP codes which service the Township: 07721, 07735 and 07747. The Township is served by two volunteer fire companies, the Aberdeen Township Hose and Chemical Co. No. 1, organized in 1918, and the Cliffwood Volunteer Fire Co., organized in 1927. Two volunteer First Aid Squads respond to the community's emergency medical needs; the Aberdeen Township First Aid and Rescue Squad, organized in 1954, and the South Aberdeen Emergency Medical Service, organized in 1970. A Full time Police Department was established in 1935. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 7.8 square miles (20.1 km²), of which, 5.5 square miles (14.3 km²) of it is land and 2.2 square miles (5.7 km²) of it (28.61%) is water. 3 Cliffwood Beach (2010 Census population of 3,194) and Strathmore (6,740) are census- designated places and unincorporated areas located within Aberdeen Township. The Henry Hudson Trail is a 9-mile (14 km) paved trail built on a former Central Railroad of New Jersey right-of-way and extends from Aberdeen Township east to Atlantic Highlands. Demographics At the 2010 United States Census, there were 18,210 people, 6,876 households, and 4,923 families 2 residing in the township. The population density was 3,343.0 per square mile (1,290.7/km ). There 2 were 7,102 housing units at an average density of 1,303.8 per square mile (503.4/km ). The racial makeup of the township was 76.63% (13,954) White, 11.87% (2,161) Black or African American, 0.23% (41) Native American, 6.43% (1,171) Asian, 0.04% (8) Pacific Islander, 2.77% (504) from other races, and 2.04% (371) from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 10.43% (1,900) of the population. There were 6,876 households, of which 32.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.4% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.13. In the township, 23.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 29.6% from 45 to 64, and 10.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females there were 94.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.0 males. The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation- adjusted dollars) median household income was $89,365 (with a margin of error of +/- $4,048) and the median family income was $101,174 (+/- $5,850). Males had a median income of $65,488 (+/- $5,575) versus $52,615 (+/- $3,635) for females. The per capita income for the borough was $39,830 (+/- $3,017). About 2.6% of families and 5.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over. Local government On November 3, 1964, the citizens of Aberdeen Township voted to change from the Township Committee form of government, in force since 1857, to the Council-Manager form, under the Faulkner Act. In this Council-Manager form, all policy making power is concentrated in the council. The Mayor is a member of the Council and presides over its meetings. The Manager, appointed by the council and fully accountable to it, is the municipal chief executive and administrative official. Aberdeen Township is one of over forty municipalities in New Jersey with this form of government. A seven-member Township Council is elected at large for staggered, four-year terms of office in partisan elections held in November. 4 Education Aberdeen is part of the Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School District, together with the neighboring community of Matawan. Schools in the district are Cambridge Park Preschool, Cliffwood Elementary School (Grades K-3), Ravine Drive Elementary School (Grades K-3), Strathmore Elementary School (Grades K-3), Lloyd Road Elementary School (Grades 4-5), Matawan Aberdeen Middle School (Grades 6 - 8) and Matawan Regional High School (Grades 9- 12). Central Offices are located at 1 Crest Way, in Aberdeen. Matawan Borough Our Community Matawan is a borough within Monmouth County, New Jersey. It is a close-knit suburban area with easy access to NJ Transit and area highways. Matawan was founded around 1686 by Scotch Presbyterians who settled at the crossing of two Native American trails and was originally known as Middletown Point. Today, Matawan appeals to a wide variety of residents, partly because of an excellent transportation network but also for its wealth of natural resources, including two lakes and the Matawan Creek. Just 2.4 square miles in size, Matawan is informally divided into several neighborhoods largely defined by its two lakes, Lefferts and Matawan, and the two major highways that bisect Matawan, Routes 79 and 34. The Matawan-Aberdeen station serves most of western Monmouth County, offering a direct line to New York City, with commuting times ranging from 59 to 70 minutes. Matawan is also just off Exit 117 of the Garden State Parkway, which — traffic depending — gets you into the city in 50 to 60 minutes. New Jersey Transit’s 133 Line provides bus service to Port Authority. History The Lenape Native Americans called the area "Mechananienk", a Lenape language word meaning "where two rivers come together", which gave rise to the area being called "Matovancons" by Dutch settlers, from which derives the name "Matawan" which may derive from a Lenape word also meaning "where two rivers come together". It may also originate from the Southern Unami Matawonge, "bad riverbank" or "bad hill", a possible reference to bluffs along Raritan Bay which were subject to erosion and collapse prior to the construction of a seawall in the 1970s. Another possible source is Matawan, Northern Unami for "bad fog", which may have referred to fog generated on Raritan Bay. Other possible meanings are "magician", "charmed skin" or "it arrives in a lake". The community was established by Dutch settlers in the 17th century (Matawan celebrated a tricentennial in the 1980s). Scotch-Irish settlers from New Hampshire later named the town New Aberdeen. Neighboring Matawan Township reused the historic name in the 1970s when it changed its name to Aberdeen Township. 5 Matawan was formed as a borough on June 28, 1895, from portions of Matawan Township (now Aberdeen Township), based on the results of a referendum held that day. Matawan expanded with portions of Matawan Township in 1931 and 1933, and from Madison Township (now Old Bridge Township) in 1939. Despite being 11 miles (18 km) from the Atlantic Ocean, Matawan was the site of three shark attacks on July 12, 1916, in Matawan Creek, causing two deaths.
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