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Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Council to Conduct Public Hearings and Award Poley Park Contract Tonight
Norristown Municipal Council has a full agenda for tonight's meeting.
Norristown Municipal Council meets tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Norristown Municipal Hall, 235 E. Airy Street and Council has full agenda on its plate, most of it in the Planning, Economic and Business Development committee. In addition to a public hearing on and motion to adopt the new subdivision and land development ordinance (SALDO), there will be a public hearing on a conditional use appeal for 112 East Main Street. De Sheng Zheng is seeking a conditional use approval from council to operate both a restaurant and apartment at that address. There will also be discussions of the $79,584.30 Poley Park contract being awarded to Bridgeport-based Kehoe Construction, the agreement with Theater Horizon for the space at 401 DeKalb Street, the …
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Council Gets the Word on the Street – DeKalb Street
Norristown Municipal Council heard the results last night of a study on turning DeKalb Street into a two-way corridor.
Is turning DeKalb Street into a two-way corridor practical? According to a study conducted by McMahon Transportation Engineers & Planners, the answer is yes. Jennifer Walsh, who presented the study’s findings on behalf of the research company at Wednesday night’s meeting, explained the purpose of the study, possible outcomes and next steps in the process should the project move forward. Specifically, the study looked at improving traffic flow, reducing congestion, enhancing pedestrian safety and whether or not the conversion to two-way flow was feasible. The goal of the project is to create access to downtown Norristown from the north, which would bring more passage through to the local business district. The project, according to Walsh, …
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James Myers
5:42 pm on Friday, August 19, 2011
Hi Valerie, I posted a story back in January about council's initiative to get young people involved in local government (http://patch.com/A-cZDv). Junior Council members must be between 14 and 18 years of age. According to Linda Christian, council president, "[They] will be responsible for attending council meetings and will be allowed to ask questions about specific agenda items. Junior council… more ›
Trevor Jordet
4:16 pm on Friday, July 20, 2012
the bike trail on east lafayette street is also a popular dumping grounds where people leave trash all over the place. every once in awhile they have a community service clean up crew come through, but not nearly often enough. I dont know why there aren't maintenance people assigned to it, but I do my part. I keep my property clean and I spend a lot of time making sure its nice. I simply do not … more ›