Additional upgrades for Habernickel Family Park planned
MONDAY OCTOBER 15, 2012, 3:07 PM
BY DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Residents who visit Irene Habernickel Family Park will notice a difference at the former horse farm over the course of the next year.
Changes to the aesthetics and comforts are currently being planned and will likely, village officials hope, come at little or no cost to Ridgewood taxpayers.
Ridgewood officials applied for a Bergen County block grant of $90,000 to help offset the expense of installing proposed ADA accessible restroom facilities.
Village staff had previously prepared preliminary designs for the new restrooms, which will be built at the former horse barn structure. At the least, a basic and rudimentary sketch is required with the application submission, Village Manager Ken Gabbert said, though a more concrete plan will be expected.
The plans also call for new entry ramps leading into the horse barn.
“At this point, we just want to get something into the mix and go forward with the block grant application,” Gabbert said.
Applications for 2013 Community Development Block Grants were to be filed with the county by Oct. 5, according to the Bergen County website.
People living on Berkshire Road have cut down trees IN Grove Park so that they could have solar panels on their roof. I may be wrong, but isn’t Grove Park a protected wetland forest? Doesn’t this set a precedent for anyone wanting solar panels in this neighborhood to do the same?
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It amazes me that the DEP would even sign off on such a thing.