Editing Marlboro Township, New Jersey (section)

===Future open space===
The township has attempted to preserve the areas known as F&F properties, Stattel's Farm and McCarron Farm (also known as Golden Dale Farm) from future development. The last two farms are currently working farms and while the township has purchased the development rights on the property, their fate remains unknown.<ref>Staff. [http://nt.gmnews.com/news/2007-03-21/Front_page/027.html "Town acts to preserve 43-acre farm"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130124064807/http://nt.gmnews.com/news/2007-03-21/Front_page/027.html |date=2013-01-24 }}, ''News Transcript'', March 21, 2007. Accessed August 11, 2014. "Township officials have purchased the McCarron Farm, also known as Golden Dale Farm, Pleasant Valley Road, and preserved it from residential development. By using a grant from the state, the cost to Marlboro taxpayers will be about $300,000, according to information provided by the township."</ref> The development rights of F&F property were purchased for $869,329 to keep the {{convert|79|acre|m2|adj=on}} site as open space.

Open space funding is paid for by a number of sources. State and local sources account for most of the funding. Marlboro obtains the funding from a special tax assessment. The town collects $600,000 annually from a local open space tax assessment of 2 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.<ref>Hurley-Schubert, Victoria. [https://www1.gmnews.com/2007/05/31/purchase-of-development-rights-to-help-save-property/ "Purchase of development rights to help save property"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125202116/https://www1.gmnews.com/2007/05/31/purchase-of-development-rights-to-help-save-property/ |date=January 25, 2021 }}, ''News Transcript'', May 31, 2007. Accessed January 20, 2018. "Marlboro takes in about $600,000 per year from a local open space tax assessment of 2 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, according to township officials."</ref>