The few remaining undeveloped acres north of the Garden State Parkway are fast disappearing. Builders are poised to develop much of the open space south of the Parkway. We can either look like every other overdeveloped North Jersey suburb or, through intelligent land use planning, retain Holmdel’s bucolic sense of place and protect our water supply. CILU is made up of people like you, representing a cross section of backgrounds and political points of view.

We share one common concern—the intelligent use of what precious little undeveloped land we have left in Holmdel. Our purpose is to encourage good land use policies that are a natural outgrowth of open government by good people.

"Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul." John Muir (1838-1914)

CILU’s Mission

Protect our environment and quality of life.
Save mature woodlands, farmlands, and vegetated stream corridors.
Prevent the erosion of the suburban-rural character of our town that occurs with every swipe of the bulldozer and every cut of the saw.
Support open space planning and acquisition for all areas of Holmdel, and incorporate CILU land use goals into Holmdel’s Master Plan.
Limit overdevelopment in southern Holmdel (spurred by sewer expansion) and its environmental stress on the Swimming River Reservoir Watershed.
Support conservation-based development.

CILU’s Accomplishments

Answering what many citizens believed to be a “wake up call” in the form of a series of very real and imminent threats to the preservation of Holmdel’s sense of place, natural resources, and quality of life, a group of concerned residents formed an organization called “Citizens for Informed Land Use” in 1998. Bylaws were established and the group decided to hold monthly meetings. In time membership grew and CILU was able to achieve many of its goals and continues to be an active force in the community today.

For a more complete listing of accomplishments, click here.

CILU’s Executive Board 2024-2025

President: Julie Roth

Secretary: Regina Criscione

Treasurer: Argyrios Milonas

VP - Membership: Margaret Cluskey

VP - Membership: William Colin

VP – Programs/Social Media: Karen Strickland

VP - Publicity: Jen Ashkar

VP - Publicity: Alicia Unusan

VP - Research: Roberta Kaufman

VP – Research: Randy Rauscher

VP - Public Affairs: Jenni Blumenthal

VP - Public Affairs: Arthur Lau

VP - Public Affairs/Website: Bill Little

What is CILU?

In 1998, Holmdel residents, concerned about rapid growth and development in our town, formed a citizens’ organization to promote informed and thoughtful land use, protect our natural resources and preserve our quality of life—considering all the consequences for the future.

Holmdel stands at a crossroads again.

CILU QR CODES

Use a QR code in your document, poster, etc. to enable viewers to quickly get to the CILU web site or CILU Facebook page. Just copy the QR code from here and paste it into your material.

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CILU 20th Anniversary 1998 - 2018