Nancy Adams
Nancy Adams has served on the Township Committee since 2016, as Deputy Mayor from 2016-18 and as Mayor in 2024. She moved to Maplewood in 1989 where she raised five children and was a proud and active member of the PTA. Nancy has a 34-year history of community service to Maplewood including co-founding of the Springfield Avenue Partnership, co-founding of the College Hill Neighborhood Association and as a Planning Board member since 2009.
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Ms. Adams is certified by the National Main Street Center in Downtown Management with a 28-year career in downtown revitalization and redevelopment. She is a Board member of Downtown New Jersey, a professional and advocacy organization known statewide in the industry.
Nancy is a member of the League of Women Voters and served as a Democratic District Leader from 1992-2000. She provided key support to former Township Committeeman Mickey Stern to successfully launch the Maplewood Jitney Service in the early-1990s.
Nancy has served as Chair of the Engineering, Public Works & Planning, Economic Development, Finance and Code Committees. She has continued service on those committees along with the Planning Board as the Township Committee representative. Ms. Adams has served as liaison on the Environmental Advisory Committee, Historic Preservation Commission, Open Space Trust Fund, Maplewood Memorial Park Conservancy and the Maplewood Village Alliance.
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Ms. Adams believes in common-sense and pragmatic governing looking carefully at all sides of issues before deciding on her position on issues from public safety to the municipal budget.
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Additional Accomplishments & Priorities
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Currently serving as Mayor of Maplewood,
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Working on current effort to create NJ’s first Stormwater Management Utility in Maplewood ensuring reliable annual funding needed for infrastructure work,
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Currently working to make Dehart fields fully playable, with $100K planning and design grant applied for,
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Stopped use of Gas Leaf Blowers seasonally; banned year-round as of 1/1/23,
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Revamped recycling to dual-stream saving over $100K in first year alone,
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Eliminated the retail use of single-use plastics: bags, straws, condiment packages and utensils,
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Established use of green infrastructure in road projects,
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Doubled annual trees planted to 300 street trees plus 200 in the parks,
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Established historic preservation practices in repairs to township buildings,
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Preserved town’s residential charm by limiting lot coverage residential lots,
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Uses common sense, cost-effective approach to pedestrian safety projects,
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Created annual recognition of Women’s History Month in SOMA.