That's interesting!
Unbeknownst to me, the house I owned was on property that was formerly zoned as a "green acres." I had to go to some council meetings and sign off on "transferring" that green acres to some land that abutted Route 287. This was about 6 years ago.
Some months later, when two supersized, Piscataway Township councilmen (I forget their names now) came around canvassing for votes, they had the misfortune of happening upon me while I was doing some yard work. We of course started talking about the Cornell Farm (The Halpers place). I asked of what value it would be to me and my family. Would it be turned into a park that we could use? They flat out said "No" that it would be kept undeveloped at all.
I asked them how my house got built and why it was so easy to simply change the designation of my property and transfer it to land along a highway. No answer of course. I asked them why the property that Piscataway owned right next to the Halpers got developed as a Walmart and Lowes if all this "Open space" was so important. They started to look very uncomfortable and back away.
I was still reading them the riot act as they turned their backs and walked away!
This land is actually designated to be developed as part of the research park coming with the Rutgers UMDNJ development.
I've not seen that printed anywhere though. It is in the site planning model.
My children's school is even buried under the building's planned with this development.
Lots of different stories come from everyone that has their hand in this mess.