Looks like you are not the only one that has that feeling. There was a short piece in The Press yesterday - the meeting has been moved to the Egg Harbor City Community School on Haven Ave. Still at 6:00
EHC is trying to redevelop part of the city lake park into a warehouse
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Looks like you are not the only one that has that feeling. There was a short piece in The Press yesterday - the meeting has been moved to the Egg Harbor City Community School on Haven Ave. Still at 6:00
I just viewed this recording of a meeting of Sustainable EHC, the city's green team. Link below. It's long, but if you go to about the 1:20 mark, there's a great in-depth discussion about the history of the park and details about the current plans from citizens of EHC. I learned a lot from this.
Sustainable EHC meeting
Sustainable EHC meeting
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Listening to the guy in the video doesn't sound like the company has any interest anywhere except that park.
I find it appalling they could turn a deed restricted park into a redevelopment zone
I find it appalling they could turn a deed restricted park into a redevelopment zone
As mentioned, I agree that the people of Edd Harbor City need to turn out to stop this.
I think there will be a big turnout tomorrow. Our goal is to get them to rescind the vote they held on Nov 18th (that wasn't on the agenda)
I understand the need to bring in business, but I will never support taking away a public park to achieve those goals.
I understand the need to bring in business, but I will never support taking away a public park to achieve those goals.
Good news! About 150 people showed up to the meeting. So many people spoke out against this project. No one from the public spoke in favor of redevelopment.
We were able to get council to rescind their vote from Nov 18th that accepted the planning board's determination to classify the lake as a redevelopment area. Then council voted to reject the planning board's recommendation. As of right now, the project is dead in the water. A rare victory in our country's race to the bottom development frenzy.
We were able to get council to rescind their vote from Nov 18th that accepted the planning board's determination to classify the lake as a redevelopment area. Then council voted to reject the planning board's recommendation. As of right now, the project is dead in the water. A rare victory in our country's race to the bottom development frenzy.
Glad to hear that. The people of EHC and others deserve all the credit.
So good to hear people turned out and even better that the project looks dead. Our kids use the lake facilities for scouting and no way a big box store would enhance that. There are so many other places to put that store. Thanks for the update!
I know this issue was settled when the township tossed out the plan, but I wrote a post about it recently. Just thought the history of EHC and the issues surrounding development were interesting:
Growth Versus Preservation in Egg Harbor City
Growth Versus Preservation in Egg Harbor City
hi everyone, just an update on this:
Through SustainableEHC we applied for an AC Electric resiliency grant to improve this section of city lake park. We won and now are moving forward with installing kiosks, trail markers, interpretative signs, and benches. We also are going to plant trees to try and protect the area ripped up by ORVs. Our goal is to have it ready for memorial day weekend 2023.
You can read SustainableEHC's press release here
Through SustainableEHC we applied for an AC Electric resiliency grant to improve this section of city lake park. We won and now are moving forward with installing kiosks, trail markers, interpretative signs, and benches. We also are going to plant trees to try and protect the area ripped up by ORVs. Our goal is to have it ready for memorial day weekend 2023.
You can read SustainableEHC's press release here
That's awesome! SustainableEHC does fantastic work.
It makes me really happy to see residents successfully stopping this kind of unwanted development. There's plenty of space that isn't woodlands near a park that can be used...
If they can do it at Liberty State Park they can do it anywhere!