It's been two months since the change in borough council leadership and people are encouraged. In fact, things went quite well at last week's meeting. Of note,
1 West State St.(aka Broduer's) will now be listed with Zommich McMahon. This will more actively market the building than prior efforts to passively list it. Tough market aside, this was the right thing to do. As it sits, is loses $6,000 per month in rent to the borough and has been for the last 10 months.
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Brodeur's 2006 |
It was announced that a family restaurant concept may take the place of the former Benjamin's Market (aka old Bill Battey's). No liquor license for the proposed business, but the model, as explained Thursday evening, will cater to families (think birthday parties and celebrations) and small community outreach events. Council was very supportive of the proposal and I think a lot of the town will be too.
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1 West Front St. |
Not a month goes by without news about the
3rd St. Bridge. Last week was no different. Council applied for $75,000 in assistance from the county. If approved, this will go to cover half of the design fees. A design needs to be in place in order to solicit additional funding from the state. Council, led by Pete Alyanankian and Monika Rehoric, also met with State Senator,
Dominic Pileggi in order to discuss budgetary plans that may include possible funding for the bridge in the coming year/s.
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3rd St. Bridge |
Lastly, the big issue coming up and something that needs to be carefully looked at regards the pension plans for the workers of Media. At no fault of the borough, there is a deficit with the funding of these obligations. With the lagging economy, there isn't a municipality that I know of that doesn't have a similar problem looming. I'm not a financial planning expert, but the Mayor did a great job at explaining the situation, what is currently being done and what needs to be looked at going further.