Township to Purchase Woman's Club for $1 Million
Mayor made surprise announcement on "gamechanger" for Maplewood at Tuesday's Township Committee meeting.
Maplewood Township will purchase the beleaguered Maplewood Woman's Club property for $1 million -- half its listing price -- according to a statement made by Mayor Vic DeLuca at Tuesday's Township Committee meeting. The committee voted 5-0 to move ahead with the purchase and to authorize the debt to be included in the capital budget. DeLuca said the committee began to discuss the possible purchase after learning of the recent collapse of the deal between the club and local philanthropist Tom Kerns, founder of the HK Project. DeLuca said the township wanted to purchase the property to be used for the public. The fact that the township could gain sorely needed parking spaces was a huge factor in the committee's decision, said Committeeman …
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Stephen Sekel
1:37 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
Apart from gaining some (60 is the number that has been mentioned) parking spaces -- and I hope we are not contemplating a multi-level parking garage for commuters (which would increase traffic congestion unacceptably and unsustainably in Maplewood village during rush hours), what other ideas can the Township share with us about the redevelopment of the Women's Club? What about repurposing the … more ›