Citizens for Informed Land Use

pROTECTING hOLMDEL OPEN SPACE

Recent CILU Updates

  1. CILU hosted a presentation on Erase Food Waste by the Jersey Shore Food Waste Coalition, on Monday, November 18. Watch the video here.

  2. CILU hosted its annual Fall Candidate Forum on Zoom on Thursday, October 24th. Watch the video on Youtube here.

  3. On Saturday, October 5, CILU hosted a Be a Fossil Hunter outing on the Ramanessin Brook, supervised by local geologist and fossil hunter, Dr. Jim Brown.

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Sign the Petition to Protect Holmdel’s Future

At the Township Committee meeting last week the new owner of the 88-acre former home of Vonage at South Holmdel Road and 23 Main Street presented his plans for a high-density residential development.  Holmdel residents came out to express their concerns about the plans.

The site is located within NJ State Planning Area 5, an environmentally-sensitive region where development should be limited. It is currently in the OL2 zone which allows for offices, laboratories, a conference center or retail farm markets, but not residential housing. Despite this, the presentation depicted 300 units of high-density senior housing including the renovation of the current building, 50 townhomes and two additional three story buildings.

Please read and sign the petition below if you don't agree with more high-density development in southern Holmdel. This petition will be sent to the Holmdel Township Committee. Below the petition are links to two recent articles about the project and its potential impacts on Holmdel.

Petition:  https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/protect-holmdels-future

Articles:
https://tworivertimes.com/holmdelconsidersfutureofvonageproperty/

https://patch.com/new-jersey/holmdel-hazlet/care-facility-proposed-vonage-site-gets-first-look-holmdel

VONAGE UPDATES

  1. CHA Holdings, the current owners of the (formerly) Vonage property in Holmdel Village presented their proposed development plans. See the presentation here, from approximately minute 6:00 to minute 35:00.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-13bynUyHU

  2. The AREDAC (see below) presentation to the Township Committee was made on June 11 by Eric Silvergold.
    The video is available on Youtube, and the presentation runs from minute 2:50 to 20:20.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhbqSaMKRP8
    The PDF of the presentation is on the township web site here.
    [ AREDAC expands to Ad-Hoc Redevelopment and Economic Development Advisory Committee. ]

  3. The economic redevelopment committee has been meeting for weeks. The first public readout is scheduled for the Township Committee meeting on June 11, 2024

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