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REFLECTIONS and EMERGING TOPICS
- Two Old Towns, Two Pathes To Development
- Creating a conservacy for Memorial Park
- Township seeks to re-zone commercial areas
- Township re-visits residential uses of properties on Burnett Avenue
- Township adds new commercial uses to Redevelopment Area 2 (along Burnett Avenue, near DeHart Park)–June 8, 2016
- WAWA opens on Springfield Avenue
- 4th and Valley residential project proposal in South Orange undergoes extensive review
- Seton Hall housing on Valley considered
- New residential project breaks ground on Valley near 5th Street
- Avalon Bay project, Springfield and Boyden suffers massive fire, plans for re-building announced
- Apartment building approved at DiPietro’s grocery site, Springfield Avenue
- Maplewood Village Alliance asks Township to support long-term planning for Maplewood Village
- New mixed used project in Redevelopment Area 1, Springfield east of Burnett Terrace at Jewerly Mart site proposed
- 30 unit project completed on Boyden Avenue
- Assisted living and Adult Day Care proposed in Redevelopment Area 2, near Walgreens; approved Summer 2018
- New bulk standards for residential housing approved
- South Orange seeks input on process for an 18 month Master Plan review
- Maplewood Library presents conceptual design for $22 million main branch renovation
- 479 Valley Street, opposite Columbia High School approved
- 7 West Parker Avenue–40 unit apartment building concept presented to Planning Board
- Jewelry Mart site in Redevelopment Area 1 approved and ground broken Summer 2018
- Parking Study underway in Maplewood Village (Spring 2018)
- Sidewalk upgrades to Maplewood Village approved (Spring 2018)
- Proposal to make Maplewood Ave one-way south of Baker Street presented (Summer 2018)
- South Orange begins community-wide Master Plan re-write (Summer 2018)
- 104 Baker Street (Toomey’s Garage) declared Area in Need of Rehabilitation; re-rehabilitation plan will be negotiated with new site owner. (July 2018)
- Zoning changes related to meeting affordable housing goals (August 2018)
- Maplewood Village Vision working group formed and community survey launched.
- Village Vision community survey results reviewed by Township officials (December 2018)
- Toomey’s Redevelopment Plan approved (2019)
- Iron Ore Partners introduces proposal for Toomey’s to MVA
- MVA Design Review Committee meets with developers
- MVA Board approves Toomey Proposal
- Planning Board approves Toomey proposal (November, 2019)
- South Orange Introduces Preliminary Study for Redevelopment of Valley Street (November, 2019)
- Maplewood holds public meeting to review historic designation of Maplewood Village.
- 40 units at 1722 Springfield denied by Planning Board
- Maplewood Master Plan update scheduled for 2022
- Concept Plan and Engineering Design for Village Parking lot.
- Redevelopment Designation for 7 West Parker, former Gleason’s Cleaners site,, and PILOT Proposal.
- Maplewood Movie Theater and Bank of America sites: North Village Redevelopment Study and Plan
- Maplewood Master Plan approved, Summer 2023. Final text here.
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This site was created to chronicle the five year public process leading to the construction of Clarus Maplewood, and beyond! We recently re-arranged it to provide easier access chronologically or by topic area. Check out the changes by using the search box, or using the project overview.
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