Sustainable Jersey Honors RP Couple as Sustainability Heroes

Mark Olson has served as a Village of Ridgefield Park Commissioner for three years and the chair of Sustainable Ridgefield Park for four years. Leslie Olson is in her third year as the chair of Sustainable Ridgefield Park. Together, the achievements and dedication of this married couple have resulted in an impressive creative arts program and a long list of sustainability accomplishments in the Village of Ridgefield Park. Known for straight forward and thoughtful leadership,

Mark and Leslie have championed new collaborations that break down traditional silos and build partnerships across organizations, departments and municipal boundaries in Bergen County. The Village of Ridgefield Park is a silver-certified Sustainable Jersey community. Mark said, “If it were not for Sustainable Jersey, I don’t think we would have a community garden and we would not have started the journey to enhance our creative culture. Sustainable Jersey actions gave us ideas and direction to do these things and the certification process gave us the push to get them done in order achieve certification.”  Please Click Here to continue the story.