Category: Planning & Zoning
Red Bank may be about to lose its potential as an expanded transit hub Red Bank is about to lose its weekly southbound rail freight movement from Sayreville, over NJT lines through to the old CNJ link and onwards towards…
More greenwashing? When the town has more public eV charging points than bike parking racks… NB: There are four eV charging spots. A reminder of what a bike rack looks like:
2023 Master Plan up for discussion It has been a while, but here we are, on the cusp of a new form of government and a new era, that of the 2023 Master Plan. Whether “non-partisan” elections illuminate the machinations…
Red Bank Borough is holding a hybrid “in-the-room” and Zoom “Broadwalk Round Table” meeting this Wednesday, 29 June @6.00pm. Attendees will be “invited to discuss the potential upcoming Broadwalk season“. How much this will just be a platform for some…
The video of the Master Plan consultants’ workshop – June 9, 2022 – is now available on Youtube:
So the Zoning Board will face yet another round of meetings about the proposed use of the site around Monmouth, Pearl and Oakland Streets, while the developer, with the utilitarian name of 121 Monmouth, LLC, whittles away at the town’s…
This memorial to Kastin’s Drugs stands as a reminder of the time before national chains and when neighbourhoods still had a degree of self-sufficiency and cohesion. Kastin’s succumbed to the invasion of the national drugstore chains in 2004 after 86…
It’s kind of depressing to see the vision of the current crop of “developers” in Red Bank. From faux Ruritanian to Shed-Modern it’s not often we see a proposal which celebrates the town’s history and the community’s hopes, and fulfils…
The community of Red Bank and their “consultants” may be working on a new Master Plan, but speculators and investors already have theirs… Cram in as much inappropriate and unsustainable development as possible just in case the new plan isn’t…
They say there’s still time to fix the planet. But is there enough time to fix Red Bank? The town administration continues to squabble and bury its head in the sand while our community hurts. Okay, they’re making a big…
