Tag: #58 North Passaic Avenue

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 that are NOT vacant and right next to a park? Maybe consider repurposing one that’s underused and costing taxpayers a fortune to maintain?

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

jmathiasen@chathamborough.org

jstrickland@chathamborough.org

khay@chathamborough.org

kkoronkiewicz@chathamborough.org

mgilmore@chathamborough.org

mayor@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