July 26,2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Glen Rock NJ, the Ridgewood Revolution is spreading . A group of Glen Rock residents has had enough and is petitioning Mayor Bruce Packer and the Borough Council not to approve an ordinance that would rezone Prospect Street.
Sound familiar , the ordinance would permit a developer to build 53 rentals unit housing complex on the street ie high density housing .
Prospect Neighbors started the online petition. The group claims the ordinance is “poor urban planning,” and sets a negative precedent for “high-density, multi-family rental development in all other residential areas of Glen Rock.”
People who commented on the petition homepage made statements we are all well to familiar with in Ridgewood starting with “its a small town and should stay that way we don’t need high density housing ” , others claim the project would increase traffic , ruin the single family charm and otherwise negatively impact the town.
Does this all sound familiar; “This type of housing doesn’t belong in this town. If Glen Rock has tough building regulations for homeowners wanting to expand their homes. Building this kind of apartments is hypocritical”
“This is just the thing that I expected to occur when Amy Martin was elected to council, followed by the election of Bruce Packer and democrat friends. The emphasis here should be on the rehabilitation of the Rock Road business district, not more rental housing down the street from the new Bottle King!”
You Go Glen Rock Residents.
Go Glen Rock! Power to the people!
Welcome to the club.
Good for them.
I can’t drive past the rock in the photo–we’re talking nearly half a century of doing so–without thinking, “That is the rock of Glen Rock.”
Supposedly it was a meeting place for Native Americans.
Cue the music……you say you want a resolution, well you know, we all,want to,change the world.
They should talked to Gail and Lorraine.
talk of the town is they would like to move that rock, why they would like in front of town hall.
Why allow facts to get in the way of some good divisive commentary..Amy Martin views against this and is very much opposed to the idea and this began 2 years before Packer was elected and he was critical of it while campaigning.