- Joan Luckhardt lived in the village of Dayton in South Brunswick
- Dr. Luckhardt taught at Rutgers, William Paterson University, and was on the faculty of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
- She was instrumental in saving the historically significant Slack-Carroll House from being demolished. The Slack Carroll House was one of the first houses built north of the Five Points intersection in Dayton. The Slack Carroll house served as an area hospital in the 1800s, the first hospital in Middlesex County
- Joan was president of the Dayton Village Citizens Coalition . The DVCC was headquartered in the Slack Carroll House. The DVCC works to educate the community about historic preservation, gardening and traditional planting styles and working to make the area more pedestrian and bicycle friendly.
- Luckhardt served on the South Brunswick Historic Preservation Commission Citizens for Independent Living (CIL) awarded Luckhardt the Barry Indik Memorial Award for her work in the betterment of South Brunswick
“What we’re really doing is preparing, being good stewards of what we’ve inherited and
hopefully can pass it on to the next generation and generations to come”– Joan Luckhardt speaking about Historic Preservation in South Brunswick in September
2005 South Brunswick Sentinel