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New Jersey

New Jersey Rural Development State Office
521 Fellowship Road
Suite 130
Mt. Laurel, NJ  08054
Tel: 856-787-7700
Fax: 855-305-7343

Questions about Multifamily Housing ProgramsCall 1-800-292-8293

Rural Development Success Stories

Invasions and Investments Keep Jersey Town Afloat

For the last 20 years, one small New Jersey town nestled along the bank of the Delaware River spends an entire weekend preparing for something you’d pull out of an adventure book – an all-out Viking invasion.

Hundreds of locals line the water’s edge as the river’s current guides hordes of homemade boats, each packed full of shouting passengers covered in face paint and body armor, toward civilization. And slowly, before they reach their destination -- the boats begin to sink.

All of them, one by one. It’s inevitable.