Downtown Redevelopment Open House Set for Tuesday

Have an opinion on what you'd like Morris Avenue to look like in the coming years? 

The Township of Springfield is inviting residents to an open house workshop to discuss the vision for the Morris Avenue Corridor. Together North Jersey, the organization that provided the Township with a $90,000 grant to assist with redevelopment, will be conducting a four-month analysis to see how Springfield can improve the infrastructure of the Township, particularly Morris Avenue. The meeting will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Sarah Bailey Civic Center. 

Questions up for discussion include:

How do we create a safer and more walkable downtown?

How do we improve transit access and amenities?

How can we better mitigate future flooding and create quality open space? 

Station 1: Meet & Greet

Sign-in and take a name tag
Pick up an index card with a series of colored dots

Review the Morris Avenue Vision and Mobility Plan Goals and Process

Familiarize yourself with the Study Area, which includes Morris Avenue Corridor between I-78 and Maple Ave area and parcels along Caldwell Place, Center Street, Mountain Ave, and Church Mall.

Station 2: Dot-mocracy

Place a Light Blue Dot to identify WHERE YOU LIVE on the map

Place a Dark Blue Dot to identify WHERE YOU WORK (if you work in the area) on the map

Place Green Dots to identify PLACES YOU LIKE MOST on the map

Place Red Dots to identify PLACE YOU LIKE LEAST on the mapWorkshop Agenda

Station 3: Traffic and Transportation

Place Yellow Dots to identify PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC “HOT SPOTS” for pedestrians & cyclists on the map Give us your input and ideas on:

• Traffic & Safety • Transit 

Station 4: Parking

Give us your input and ideas on:
• Parking within the Study Area 

Station 5: Open Space/Environmental

Give us your input and ideas on: • Flooding & Green Space 

Station 6: Community Vision Survey

An interactive survey where you select images to help shape the vision for the redevelopment of the Study Area 

Station 7: Give Us Your Best Ideas & Feedback

Give us your input and ideas on:

• Architecture and Building Design

• Landscape & Sidewalks