Now that the Borough has the all-important Certificate of Compliance, permitting the Mayor & Council to consider improving their Fair Share plan, when will they schedule the long-awaited public forum to answer basic, unanswered questions and consider alternatives to paving over the green, taxpayer-owned parcel at 58 North Passaic Avenue, right next to Memorial Park?
Details: https://chathamchoice.org/2026/07/great-news-2/
What are the realistic alternatives? If buying another lot to preserve 58 North Passaic would cost the average homeowner no more than $122 per year for ten years, is it worth the price?
What about other Borough-owned properties? Now that the Borough has scheduled a crew to pave the west end of Front Street, “from Washington Avenue to the dead end” on Monday, August 10, 2026, when will the Mayor stop claiming that #39 Front Street, is somehow “inaccessible,” and as such unsuitable for affordable housing?
Details: https://chathamchoice.org/2026/08/inaccessible/ and https://chathamchoice.org/2026/06/debunking-the-myths/ & https://chathamborough.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=1&clip_id=530
Face it: if you allow the Mayor & Council to sacrifice the unique, green, taxpayer-owned parcel next to the public park without answering even basic questions, you will have given up all hope of having any say in any other local issue in the future.
Don’t let that happen.
Tell your elected representatives you expect them to schedule a public forum BEFORE they hire a contractor to chop down the trees and pave 58 North Passaic Avenue:
bhargrove@chathamborough.org cdempsey@chathamborough.org
jstrickland@chathamborough.org
kkoronkiewicz@chathamborough.org
mayorcouncil@chathamborough.org
Visit the next Council meeting, set for Monday, August 10, 2026 at 7:30 pm, either:
- in-person, Borough Hall, 54 Fairmount Avenue, or
- virtually, using Zoom link and phone numbers shown here: https://www.chathamborough.org/resident/calendar/mayor-council-meeting-6-30-executive-7-30-public-meeting-2-1786404600
