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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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 ›