How Much of Mahwah Should Be Open Space?
The township is 'Bergen County's Parkland,' and according to a document planning for Mahwah's future, the town wants to continue growing areas of open space. But, residents questioned how open space should be balanced with future development.
The new Master Plan, which lays out the future planning and development goals for the township, is almost complete. The document outlines goals for the future of Mahwah – promoting designs that will ease traffic, improving the aesthetics of various areas of the township, encouraging business development in certain areas of town and discouraging it in others, and continuing to preserve open space - are all mentioned as future aspirations in the township. At a public hearing on the document Monday night, residents questioned just how much open space “Bergen County’s Parkland” would eventually have. The answer from the Planning Board, which has been overseeing the document’s creation, was that there is no end-goal amount of open space the …
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1:18 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Thanks, I will try and search for it. I am not sure about the open space connection to the mall. I think it has more to do with the mantra, "green is good." Who on the surface can argue with that - unless you think it through, which you have, and realize the reality of what it will mean for the town long term. more ›