Tag: Planning Zoning

Take The Blue Train…

It was really good to see that at least one Red Bank institution, Red Bank Green, is starting to take an interest in what’s going on in the town apart from just some developer’s nocturnal fantasy. This is my response…

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How Stuff Works in Red Bank Town Hall Pt.1

Looking after your interests? Sure, no problem in Ready Bank… A recent incident demonstrated, in a nutshell, just how this council and its dedicated followers work and are, in some cases rewarded for services rendered, or just by being pally…

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Happy New Year!

Are You READY! For This? Red Bank Zoning Board meeting: Thursday, 1/4/2024 @6.30pm: ZB Agenda 1.4.2024.pdf (redbanknj.org)

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Red Cross, Red Flag, Red Bank…

This is not Red Bank NJT Station, but Aberdeen-Matawan, where the red cross of death has recently appeared on the station house. It appears that being listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and National Register of Historic…

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Lost Horizon

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…

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Now. Where were we? Oh yes…

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…

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Artistic Licence… The Dream and the Reality

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…

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Red Bank Style: From 1600 to the Present

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…

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Bigger & Better Buildings

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…

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