Preservation Haddonfield

Meeting Date!

Preservation Haddonfield — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:21:49 +0000

Preservation Haddonfield is meeting in March. The meeting will be held at the Mable Kay House on Walnut St. on March 8th @7:30. Please rsvp if you plan on attending. Hope to see you then.

BANCROFT PARCEL UPDATE – JOINT MEETING PENDING

Preservation Haddonfield — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:18:57 +0000

BANCROFT PARCEL UPDATE JOINT MEETING PENDING
A joint meeting between the Board of Education and the Commissioners is slated to take place February 6^th at 7:00 pm in the All Purpose Room of Central Elementary School to discuss a proposal by the BOE for usage of the Bancroft Parcel. The school board has proposed to purchase the Bancroft Parcel for future use and will further detail this proposal during this presentation to the Commissioners.

Design Guidelines soon to be available for Historic District property owners!

Preservation Haddonfield — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:15:15 +0000

Historic District Residents – to assist residents with navigating the Historic Preservation Committee process, when applying for a certificate of appropriateness, a “draft” design guidelines have been developed by the HPC. These guidelines are currently under review by the Planning Board. The Planning Board will be discussing these guidelines at their February 7th meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Borough Hall Auditorium. Public comments and recommendations are welcome at that time. Click here to review a copy of the guidelines.

Preservation Haddonfield says Vote “Yes” on November 8th ballot question to continue the Open Space Trust Fund

Preservation Haddonfield — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:44:52 +0000

Vote “YES” to continue to continue Haddonfield’s open space trust fund!!

If you vote

“NO,”

you’ll save $1 a week.*But

HADDONFIELD WILL LOSE a powerful tool for leveraging the investment our community has

already made in support of passive and active open space and historic preservation projects.

Because Haddonfield voted

(The $550,000 contributed by taxpayers during the past five years enabled us to receive two NJ Green Acres grants totaling

$950,000 a 2 for 1 return)

If Haddonfield votes “YES” on November 8 to reauthorize the Open Space Trust Fund, we will remain

eligible to receive more FREE MONEY

from the State and Camden County …

potentially several million dollars!

The cost to the average Haddonfield taxpayer?

Less than $50 per year.

VOTE YES!

OPEN SPACE

TRUST FUND.

Vote for the SMART CHOICE!

for the Open Space Trust Fund in 2006, we now have $1,500,000 available for passive and active open space and historic preservation purposes.

“YES”

Important Zoning Board Meeting on September 26 , @ 7:30 about Boxwood Hall.

Preservation Haddonfield — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:45:11 +0000

Judge Orlando has ruled that the Haddonfield Zoning Board of adjustment must re-look at the application for Boxwood Hall at 65 Haddon Ave. The application heard last year was for 50 “townhome” style units on the open/green space located behind one of Haddonfield’s most historic properties. The application did include a low and moderate income element. This is a very important meeting for Haddonfield residents to attend and may rewrite land use law in the Borough and other NJ communities forever. The Historic Preservation Committee and the Zoning Board both rejected applications for high density development recently on the property.

The demolition epidemic rolls along unchecked for Haddonfield’s Historic properties.

Preservation Haddonfield — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:16:44 +0000

This high Victorian dwelling behind the CVS Pharmacy will be lost forever @ 20-22 Ellis St.

This expanded “California” Style bungalow was demolished recently @ 264 Mountwell Ave. in Haddonfield. Neither of these properties was located in Haddonfield’s protected Historic District where demolition of properties needs Historic Preservation Commission approval. Other recent “tear downs” include the American Four Square previously located @415 Washington Ave.

Tanner St. construction update..

Preservation Haddonfield — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:06:49 +0000

Just an update on what’s going on out there, or actually what’s not at this point. The Borough has been dealing with the State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO) over the past month in order to receive final approval for the roadway project. In order to get the project moving as quickly as possible, the SHPO approval has been split up into the following three “phases”:

Phase I: Tree removal of all diseased and hazardous trees, as previously approved by the Shade Tree Commission.
Phase II: Construction of all improvements (curb, sidewalk, roadway) for the entire road except for the widened parking areas adjacent to the library.
Phase III: Construction of the widened parking areas adjacent to the library, including removal of the six trees in that location.

The Borough received final approval for Phase I on Monday, June 20. The contractor’s subcontractor for tree removal began the project by removing the tree at the Bistro on June 22, which took two days to take down. They then ran into an issue on the tree at #12 Tanner as the subcontractor was apparently not qualified to remove the tree in such conflict with the overhead wires, and pulled off of the job. In the mean time, the Borough finally received approval for Phase II of the project on Monday, June 27; however, the contractor had already rearranged their crews onto another project and do not have these crews, along with a qualified tree removal subcontractor, scheduled to come back to the Borough to begin work on the curb replacement until after the Holiday on July 5.

Due to this delay and the upcoming Holiday, we have directed the contractor to remove the lane closure and detour until next Tuesday when they return, as suggested by a few of the merchants. Therefore, Mr. Delaney and his crew will be by sometime this evening to remove all of the barrels, cones, barricades and signs in order to completely open the road for tomorrow and through the Holiday. The closure and detour will then again be put in place next week when they return to do the work. Once here, they should proceed until completion of the project with no further delay as the Borough is continuing to pursue final SHPO approval for Phase III, and hence the entire project within the next few weeks.

See the latest plan for Bancroft here…

Preservation Haddonfield — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 01:20:58 +0000

See the plans for the Bancroft redevelopment here as presented to the Planning Board on June 15th 2011….

Bancroft plans

Preservation Haddonfield’s meeting day has changed…

Preservation Haddonfield — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:17:22 +0000

Preservation Haddonfield’s meeting day has changed. PH will now be meeting on the second Thursday of every month. Same time (7:30) and same place (Mable Kay House on Walnut st.) Stay tuned for information on July and August meetings.
July 14
August 11

The bills for Planning keep rolling in for Bancroft!!

Preservation Haddonfield — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:52:50 +0000

The Haddonfield Commissioners have now spent another 56,233 of Haddonfield taxpayers money on plans for the redevelopment of Bancroft that may never happen. As of April 29 2011, the bills into the Borough for the new planner, and an attorney are 57,196.68. This number does not include the 210,000 dollars spent between 2005-10 on the now fired Heyer & Gruel & Ass.