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Open Space Funds

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Officials Meet in Trenton for Bancroft Bucks

Open-space funds are sought.

Borough Administrator Sharon McCullough met in Trenton on Tuesday with state officials to plot the next step in securing open-space grant money for the Bancroft public purchase. McCullough said she and appraiser, Harry Renwick, opened talks on how to plot the amount of open-space that will be part of the 19-acre Bancroft purchase. Renwick will need to do additional work on the appraisal for which the school board hired him.  Borough officials have said they have at least $3.5 million in open-space grants and tax funds for the $16 million Bancroft purchase. But the borough will need to submit a detailed appraisal to the state outlining exactly where the open-space will be on the property, McCullough said. The Haddonfield BOE and the borough…

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Haddonfield Commissioners Approve Bancroft Purchase Letter, Bancroft Appraisal Raises Eyebrows, As Does Timing of Release, and Haddonfield Memorial High School

PJ

1:00 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012

Radnor field will be sold by the BOE to developers. Is anyone paying attention?   more ›

Friday, November 9, 2012

Haddonfield Identifies $3.5 Million in Open-Space Funds for Bancroft Purchase

This amount more than triples previous estimates of available funds.

Haddonfield officials this week said they are hopeful of having at least $3.5 million in state, county and local open-space funds toward the public purchase of the 19-acre Bancroft property on Kings Highway East. This is more than three times the amount previously cited to help offset the $16.8 million cost for acquiring the property adjacent to Haddonfield Memorial High School and demolishing buildings there. The plans also include resurfacing the high-school football stadium with artificial turf and constructing a new artificial-turf athletic field and other site improvements. Commissioner Ed Borden said he, borough Administrator Sharon McCullough and school board President Steve Weinstein, met Monday with a county official to clarify …

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Bancroft, Haddonfield Memorial High School, Haddonfield Municipal Hall, and 1 more ›

Brian Kelly

11:13 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012

Notice how Ed Borden is talking about 2 turf fields? Remember the good old days when we were only asked to go into permanent debt for 1 field? This means we're stuck for the payments for 2 turf fields EVERY 8 years. In the Civic Association meeting, when asked about the future of turf cost Steve Weinstein said "As the technology improves in the future the price could go down". That's a bull*# …   more ›

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