Part of Orange Lawn Tennis Club for sale? archived

Somethingz_Fishy said:

Honestly, if it's tasteful and fits in with the character of the neighborhood, I say bring on the ratables.

shickson said:

Those who want to stop this development, may want to join, or least drop in for dinner.

max_weisenfeld said:

This:
"Both State and Federal rules target assistance to low- and moderate-income households. Low-income households are defined as those with income at or below 50 percent of median family income for the county where the housing is located. Moderate-income households earn between 50 and 80 percent of median family income. Some Federal programs focus aid on households with “very low” income. This means at or below 30 percent of median county income. Some focus on households at or below 60 percent of median county income, which is why these figures sometimes appear on the Federal income guidelines."

http://www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/codes/publications/guide.html

shell2 said:

So where is the affordable housing at the quarry development??? I have been there for kid drop offs etc.... It consists of high end condos.

Somethingz_Fishy said:

Honestly, if it's tasteful and fits in with the character of the neighborhood, I say bring on the ratables.

LP said:

So, can any long timer tell me what the quarry lawsuit was about?

brianoleary said:

It wouldn't help with ratables (then again, residential development won't help much with the ratables, if it leads to increases the number of students attending public schools), but the Open Space tax levy was created to give the Village options when it came to acquiring lands for public use. The Orange Lawn site was part of an early, extended list of potential uses, if it came to market. In the past, the state has offered companion grants for land acquisition, although those might be harder to come by these days. It would be worth asking whether Open Space funds are better applied preserving open space (like Orange Lawn) or weeding the Little Rahway River.