Government
By DOUGLAS K. MILLER
May 24, 2022
At the May 10 meeting of the Westfield Town Council residents concerned about the Sophia redevelopment project at the junction of Ferris Place and Prospect Street voiced a number of concerns about its massive scale and its impact on this neighborhood. This 67 unit/acre 4-story apartment building is ...
We thought it could never happen. We thought a nightmare scenario could never become a reality. We thought that of all the lines crossed in recent years, this would be one line that might be protected from incursion. Yet, here we are, on the precipice of the Supreme Court overturning of ...
The Sophia is a beautifully designed building that is supported by the Master Plan, zoning and forward-thinking residents who want to see downtown Westfield revitalized and alive with new people. The Sophia is also supported by current residents who would like to sell their homes someday and move ...
To the Editor: The proposed Sophia apartment building at Prospect Street and Ferris Place is obtrusive and out of scale with its surrounding residential neighborhood. At a height of 50 feet and a footprint of 35,000 square feet, the bulk of the Sophia building would overwhelm the adjacent ...
We are residents in Westfield asking the Town Council to reduce the size and scope of the proposed Sophia apartment development on the corner of Prospect Street & Ferris Place. The proposed four-story development includes 64 apartments and 96 parking spaces on less than one acre of ...
To Mayor Brindle and the Westfield Town Council: I am writing to express my wholehearted support for the position of the Concerned Westfield Citizens for Right-Sizing the Prospect-Ferris Development and to challenge Mayor Brindle and the Town Council to do the right thing: Executing a ...
I have had a 52-year career in consulting engineering specializing in traffic and transportation. I am a member of the Institute of Transportation Engineers as well as the American Society of Civil Engineers. As a Westfield resident for 50 years, I am proud to have served on the Union County ...
Ending The War in Ukraine…and US Involvement By Karla Schultz, NJ School Nurse and Veteran of Army National Guard I was filling up my car with gas recently and used it as an opportunity to talk with my daughter about inflation and how it means that we need to cut back on some of our spending ...
To whom it may concern, I beg your indulgence for a moment to offer a thought about the health of our downtown. I have been a resident of Westfield since I graduated college moving here in the autumn of 1991; basically, my whole adult life. I love and have always loved our community. My ...
I grew up in Cranford, but I live in Westfield now. When I was in my early teens, my friends and l couldn’t wait go to Westfield to walk around town and go to the Rialto Movie Theatre. Downtown Westfield was the place to be; cool stores, coffee shops and the Rialto Movie Theater. We all wished ...
My wife grew up in Westfield and we moved there with our family in 1999. A couple years later I set up my law practice at 114 Elm Street. Our plan is to sell our home and hopefully move into the Sophia when it is completed. I am glad to see the Traffic Study found no issues with the project. I ...
This year marks 50 years I have been a resident of Westfield. My parents settled in Westfield for many of the same reasons others did, and for the same reasons that I continue to live here. Westfield’s downtown, parks, great schools and the close proximity to all that Westfield has to offer, ...
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