Final Draft + 10/20 Public Hearing
Ridgewood NJ, we mentioned this before but with all that happening it seems to be lost , the Final Draft of the Village of Ridgewood Master Plan – Section 1: Our Village, Our Future is complete. Click here to download the Final Draft (20 mb, PDF). A Planning Board public hearing on its adoption will be held on October 20, 2020.
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Ridgewood NJ, We are pleased to announce that the Final Draft of the Village of Ridgewood Master Plan – Section 1: Our Village, Our Future is complete. Click here to download the Final Draft from the Village website. A Planning Board public hearing on its adoption will be held on October 20.
Continue reading Vision Ridgewood Final Draft Hearing October 20th
Dear Residents,
On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the Borough of Englewood Cliffs emailed to residents the attached Public Notice Regarding 800 Sylvan Avenue LLC, which was advertised in The Bergen Record by the attorneys for 800 Sylvan Avenue LLC. The Public Notice announces the upcoming court hearing on 800 Sylvan Avenue’s Site Plan Application for approval. The public hearing commences at 10:00 A.M. on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, and continuing each day thereafter until concluded at the Bergen County Superior Courthouse.
Continue reading Borough of Englewood Cliffs to Hold High Density Housing Hearings
Continue reading New Jersey is the ONLY State in the Nation to Ban Recyclable Paper Bags
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Dear Residents,
Thank you attending last night’s Mayor and Council Special Meeting, and more importantly, for standing united with Mayor Mario Kranjac, Councilmen William Woo and Ramon Ferro, who along with you have consistently stood strong against building residential high-density units at 800 Sylvan Avenue. The number of attendees coupled with your voice of objection spoke volumes, and we asked that WE diligently remain ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS STRONG!
Continue reading United Together to Fight Against High-Density Housing in Englewood Cliffs
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Ridgewood NJ, since 1927 Village moms and dads have complained about inadequate parking in Ridgewood’s central business district . In the late 1960’s parking meters were added to the CBD to pay for a future parking garage , the chance was misplaced . Plans were drawn up over and over and finally after much debate in early September of 2019 the Village Council pushed forward with the Hudson Garage . Progress came quickly ,but in March of 2019 COVID19 struck , wiping out the demand for commuter spaces . then restaurants were shut down leaving the Village with a great white parking garage elephant . While things have started to return to some semblance of normal with outdoor dinning ,now partial indoor dinning . Al Gore’s internet continues to steal retail sales ,restaurants are struggling to survive and commuters may never return . At lest the massive high density housing projects will now have access to more parking .
Continue reading The Best-laid Plans of Mice and Men Often Go Awry…the Hudson Parking Garage
Continue reading “Fair Share” Housing and the Secret Democrat Plan to turn NJ-05 Blue
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Ridgewood NJ, resident Steve Kim posted the following comment on Facebook, “Many of you remember how painful it was when Ahronson, Hauck and Pucciarelli gave away the soul of Ridgewood to the developers. If you need a reminder, just drive around downtown. Soon enough school enrollment will exhibit the net effect. That all started with what seemed innocuous at first. One Vote is a second coming attempt to get the better of the residents, and to realize the vision the original group pined for. You don’t have to believe me. I do urge you to do a careful inspection of what is happening before permanently signing away your rights. There is more to this than meets the eye.”
“That’s just the point. Residents who moved to Ridgewood for the small-town feel and great schools pay a price. It’s called property taxes and incredibly high home prices. These residents work hard to get here and live here.
Having affordable housing shoved down our throats because of “privilege” is the biggest con of all time. The ones making money are the lawyers and developers. I want to live in Alpine and send my kids to private school. But I can’t. That’s life, but don’t tell me to move if I don’t like it. I worked my ass off to get here and If I wanted to live in high-density housing areas, I would have moved to Park Ridge.”
“I passed by Broad St last night. The garage is HUGE. This garage reminds me of the monsters they have built in Yonkers and other areas in Westchester County. Even half the size would have been more than sufficient. The apartment complex is more than huge. Ugly sh!t all around. And it is just a start. They should rename Broad St to Broad Ave.
This downtown is not my downtown anymore. I will stay out of it.”
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Ridgewood NJ, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson today announced the Department will ultimately terminate the Obama Administration’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation issued in 2015, which proved to be complicated, costly, and ineffective— so much so that Secretary Carson essentially removed its burden on communities by suspending the regulation’s 92 question grading tool in January 2018.
Continue reading Trump Administration Ends Obama Forced Development Rule
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Ridgewood NJ, This is a reminder that Stage II water restrictions remain in effect. Odd numbered addresses may irrigate on Tuesdays and Saturdays only. Even numbered addresses may irrigate on Wednesdays and Sundays only. No irrigation is allowed on Mondays, Thursdays, or Fridays. Irrigation shall be performed before 10 am or after 6 pm, to limit evaporation. EXCEPTIONS: Irrigation is allowed any day (within time restrictions noted above) if utilizing a hand held hose or drip irrigation, or if a smart watering exemption is obtained from the office of Ridgewood Water.
The word is that a lot of early morning tickets have been written , so be careful .
Continue reading Friday Morning Watering at Ridgewood Train Station
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Ridgewood NJ, the group One Village, One Vote is the brainchild of residents Bob Fuhrman, Matthew Lindenberg, Stacey Loscalzo , Deborah Steinbaum and Siobhan Crann Winograd.
All were active in the high density development in the central business district .
Continue reading One Village, One Vote is going to open flood gates for high density housing
