Hometown Chatham

Tag: Borough-owned

No excuses
UPDATE: Critical Council meeting Monday, March 9, 2026, 7:30 pm, Borough Hall, 54 Fairmount Avenue, upper level. You need not speak.

You’re traveling? Homebound? Chained to the bed frame? No problem!

You can see the meeting LIVE on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82762628332

Before the Mayor & Council plunge ahead with plans to pave over our green, vacant, taxpayer-owned parcel at 58 North Passaic Avenue, right next to Memorial Park behind the Library, they need to GIVE US A FORUM to discuss the pros and cons and alternatives. There is no excuse to do otherwise.

Tell them so! Or at least show them you care about your hometown.

Two easy ways to do that:
1. Email the Mayor & Council:
mayorcouncil@chathamborough.org

bhargrove@chathamborough.org

cdempsey@chathamborough.org

jmathiasen@chathamborough.org

jstrickland@chathamborough.org

khay@chathamborough.org

kkoronkiewicz@chathamborough.org

mgilmore@chathamborough.org

mayor@chathamborough.org

2. Attend or Zoom the next Council meeting: Monday, Feb 23, 2026 at 7:30 pm, either:

In person at Borough Hall, 54 Fairmount Avenue, by elevator to the upper level, or

Online, from the comfort of your home, by Zoom webinar, details to follow here: https://www.chathamborough.org/resident/calendar/mayor-council-meeting-6-30-executive-7-30-public-meeting-2-1771893000

Why refuse to consider alternatives?
February 22, 2026
Myth: It’s a done deal.

Think it’s too late to save our green, wooded, Borough-owned 58 North Passaic Avenue, right next to home plate at Memorial Park?

Assume that green gem is destined to be paved over for four apartments and a parking lot and nothing can be done about it?

That’s what some would have you believe. But it’s not so.

The Borough’s housing lawyer and planner have confirmed that the Borough can propose an alternative site for that development. We have no reason to think an alternative wouldn’t be accepted.

So, when will the Council consider and discuss alternatives to needlessly sacrificing 58 North Passaic Avenue?

See how the Mayor & Council answer that question at their public meeting this Monday, January 5, 2026, Borough Hall, 54 Fairmount Avenue.

Please note: This is a public meeting, convened for the benefit of residents and taxpayers. You are the boss. Arrive at your convenience. Use the north entrance. Go left through the door. Take the elevator to the upper level. Enter the double doors at the end of the hall. Sit anywhere. Observe anonymously or participate during the Public Comment period if you prefer. Leave whenever you please.

Really can’t be there? (Working swing? Grounded? Under house arrest?) Zoom the meeting here:

https://www.chathamborough.org/resident/calendar/mayor-council-reorganization-meeting-3

For more details , click here: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/chatham/categories/op-eds/articles/why-would-the-borough-council-want-to-pave-paradise

December 31, 2025
Is it a dream… or a dud?

The public meeting starts 7:30 pm TONIGHT, Monday, December 8th, Borough Hall, 54 Fairmount Avenue. (Take the elevator to the upper level.)

Have our Mayor & Borough Council found a good way to resolve the legal challenges to Chatham’s 6/18/25 Master Plan amendment for affordable housing?

A possible settlement is on their agenda for the December 8th Council meeting, and the Council may even VOTE on it during the public session, which starts 7:30 pm TONIGHT at Borough Hall, 54 Fairmount Avenue.

https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/chathamborough/ebf394a7-bc91-11ef-ab4b-005056a89546-87c420e4-d6a2-4396-b701-70ff66871099-1764965665.pdf

Will our Mayor & Council do it right this time?

Will they seize the chance to re-think the Master Plan amendment they crafted behind closed doors last Spring?

Will they consider alternatives to sacrificing the vacant, green, Borough-owned lot at 58 North Passaic, next to Memorial Park?

This time, will they let residents help identify better sites for 4 new affordable apartments?

Find out.

The public meeting starts 7:30 pm, Monday, December 8th, Borough Hall, 54 Fairmount Avenue. Take the elevator to the upper level.

Being there counts. Everything else is optional.

Come as you are. Arrive when you can. Speak only if you please. Leave early if you like.

Grounded? Under house arrest? Just plain too lazy & cold to go anywhere? Zoom here:

https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/chathamborough/ebf394a7-bc91-11ef-ab4b-005056a89546-87c420e4-d6a2-4396-b701-70ff66871099-1764965665.pdf

December 8, 2025