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Ewing, NJ 08628
Ewing, NJ 08628
Ewing Awarded $50,000 Plan4HealthNJ Grant to Advance Health-Focused Planning
At an awards ceremony held on March 13, 2026, Ewing received a $50,000 grant award from the Plan4HealthNJ program.
This one-year grant will support the Town’s efforts to strengthen the connection between public health and land use planning.
The funding will be used to conduct a comprehensive review of local health data, integrate health outcomes into the town’s master planning documents and ordinances, and engage residents through community outreach to better understand local health priorities. This work will help ensure that future planning decisions promote healthier neighborhoods, improve access to resources, and enhance quality of life for all residents. This will help to improve health, transportation, housing, the environment, and access to healthy food and health care in our community.
Step 1 - Take Our Survey and Share Your Voice
The places we live, work, and move through every day - from our streets and neighborhoods to our parks, food access, and healthcare - play a powerful role in shaping our health. Help guide Ewing's decision making about future planning, investments, and polices that impact the well-being of everyone in town by taking our short 10–15-minute Plan4Health survey. This survey will help us understand what is working well and what needs improvement. The results will be used to create a healthier town for everyone.
The information collected will be used to:
- Identify community health priorities
- Understand barriers to healthy living (e.g. access to safe walking routes, healthy food, parks, healthcare)
- Examine how land use and planning decisions affect health outcomes
- Inform local policy and planning decisions
- Develop targeted strategies to address health inequities
The data collected will help our Ewing Plan4Health Team identify and address health and land use issues in town in a way that reflects community needs and lived experiences.
Survey results will be summarized in reports and presentations. Individual responses will not be publicly identified.
Plan4HealthNJ is a program of the NJ Chapter of the American Planning Association and is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The initiative is focused on advancing strategies that connect public health and land use planning to create healthier, more equitable communities across New Jersey.
The Plan4Health initiative is designed to bring community voices into decisions that affect health, transportation, housing and community development, the environment, healthy food access, access to health care, and land use.
“We congratulate Ewing for their leadership in advancing healthier, more resilient communities. By joining the Plan4HealthNJ initiative, Ewing is taking a meaningful step toward aligning local planning with measurable health outcomes and integrating health considerations into long‑term decisions and regulations. We extend our sincere appreciation to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for their generous support, which makes this important work possible,” said Project Director, Angela Knowles.
Additional details about the project timeline and community engagement opportunities will be announced in the coming months.
For more information, please contact:
Chuck Latini
Ewing Township Planner
(609) 883-2900 x7648