Clayton, NJ – Settlement of the Auction property purchase by the Borough of Swedesboro and Gloucester County from the Swedesboro Auction Inc. took place today, Wednesday, April 24th at 10am, Gloucester County Building in Clayton.
From left to right Kathryn Morris (Secretary for the Auction), Michael Maccarone (President of the Auction), Tanya Goodwin (Swedesboro Clerk), and Ken Atkinson (Director – Gloucester County Office of Land Preservation)
Today Borough Clerk, Tanya Goodwin, signed the papers to purchase the Auction property along with Gloucester County. In the near future Gloucester County will turn their portion of the property over to Swedesboro making the Borough the sole owner of the historic property.
“Another major milestone in Swedesboro!! We are now one step away from completing a journey we started almost 9 years ago to secure the Swedesboro Auction Property as Open Space forever.” Swedesboro Mayor, Tom Fromm said.
“I’d like to thank the Swedesboro Auction Board of Directors for their patience throughout this process and for entrusting us to preserve an important part of the agricultural history of our community. I also need to thank Ken Atkinson of the County’s Land Preservation office and the Board of Chosen Freeholders who played an important role in making this a reality.”
“Stay tuned for the next exciting news about the future of the Swedesboro Auction property.”
A formal deed ceremony will be scheduled for a later date to officially finalize the purchase of the property.