“It would really be great if the professionals spoke offline about these things before the meeting so that we don’t have these conversations in real time.” — South Orange Planning Board Chair Harold Colton-Max.
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Testimony was still not completed following a special South Orange Planning Board meeting on August 14.
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DevelopmentMaplewood
Maplewood Uses Tax Abatement to Aid Smaller Scale Affordable Housing Development
“This is a significant step towards ensuring that our community remains inclusive and supportive of residents from all different economic backgrounds.” — Kelly Freeman, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Sierra House
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DevelopmentGovernmentSouth Orange
JESPY Center Plan Amended to Include 4th Property Demolition to Improve Circulation
UPDATE: The June 27 Special Planning Board meeting for the JESPY Center site plan has been canceled and will be rescheduled.
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CommunityDevelopmentGovernmentSouth Orange
Historic Preservation Commission to Review ‘Revised’ JESPY Center Plan June 20
Village Green contacted JESPY House to ask about the potential purchase of 66 Prospect Street and an amended plan for JESPY Center; a spokesperson responded, “we’re not issuing any public statement on that right now.”
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CommunityDevelopmentGovernmentSouth Orange
‘We Have to Review this Project’—Planning Board Chair Asks JESPY Supporters to Respect Process
“This is not about whether or not JESPY House is a good organization…If it were, I’m sure this meeting wouldn’t last five minutes. We’d all say ‘yes’ and go home because JESPY is an important part of this community. But the planning board also has a role in this community.”
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CommunityDevelopmentSouth Orange
Winkler: New JESPY Center Will Provide Much-Needed Housing, Services for Adults With Disabilities
More testimony on the 4-story, 80,000 sf development is coming at the May 6 South Orange Planning Board meeting.
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DevelopmentMaplewoodSchools / KidsSouth Orange
UPDATE: With Clock Ticking, Maplewood Seeks Greenway Easement from Board of Ed
A $100K benefit to the SOMSD property in Maplewood, negotiated with the developer of The Gleason, is set to expire in May if the Board of Ed does not act.
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“For the past 25 years, the Township has met its affordable housing requirements because it was the right thing to do. It still is.”
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DevelopmentHistorySouth Orange
South Orange Zoning Official Questions Elevation of Proposed 4-Story JESPY Center
“Do you think, on the site where the whole site is being excavated and we’re taking off 300 trucks worth of soil … that it’s an appropriate calculation to use the existing grade on this proposed site for the height?” — South Orange Zoning Official Greer Patras
