UPDATE: There’s ONE more Council meeting before the political bosses steamroll our Planning Board into approving the sacrifice of the vacant, green, Borough-owned lot at 58 N. Passaic! ONE last chance to talk the Council off this ledge! That chance is TUESDAY, May 27, 2025, 7:30 pm, Borough Hall, 54 Main Street, upper level. (It’s set to start at 6:30 pm, but probably will be open to the public at approx. 7:30 pm.)
Great turnout at the May 12th Borough Council meeting. People showed up to hear and talk about the proposal to sacrifice this precious, Borough-owned, open, green lot at 58 North Passaic (just north of Memorial Field) to build an apartment project.
Check out the story in TapintoChatham:
But who came up with this whole scheme? Who chose these particular sites? What else did they consider?
Why would they choose to develop this green, vacant, Borough-owned lot, right next to Memorial Field?
Why not put that apartment project at a better location, preferably on a lot that’s already developed?
Why didn’t we have a chance to weigh in on the decision? Why can’t we see the actual proposal until June 6? Why didn’t we even hear about it until May 4, more than a year after the new law kicked in?
Unless you can talk some sense into our leaders WELL BEFORE JUNE 18, they will do away with that little green space on North Passaic forever.
Last good chance to make a difference is the Council meeting on May 27th, 7:30 pm, at Borough Hall, 54 Fairmount Avenue.
If you can’t attend that meeting in person, then do it on Zoom. https://www.chathamborough.org
And ASAP send emails to:
Cdempsey@chathamborough.org
Jmathiasen@chathamborough.org
Kkoronkiewicz@chathamborough.org
Itreloar@chathamborough.org
Jstrickland@chathamborough.org
Bhargrove@chathamborough.org
Khay@chathamborough.org