Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Delta Development Group, who is assessing the borough's parking, will develop a plan for a Business Improvement District. Council voted 7-2 to approve the contract
The 311 W. Main Task Force is still in the early stages of finding the purpose – and the funding – of the former arts center on Main Street. North Star Destination Strategies is still in the early stages of finding the identity and brand of Lansdale Borough. BPG Properties Ltd. is still in the preliminary stages of designing a retail Mecca and parking garage at Madison Parking Lot. With all that on their plate, borough council found room to approve this month a $40,000 contract with Delta Development Group to design and assess a Business Improvement District in downtown Lansdale. If Delta Development Group sounds familiar, that’s because it is the group contracted by the Lansdale Parking Authority to develop a parking improvement plan in …
Borough Manger Timi Kirchner has more guidelines toward her borough code-enforced purchasing power, and retains her power to request or not request proposals for contractual work
Lansdale Borough Manager Timi Kirchner now has more guidelines toward her purchasing power in the borough. Not only that – Kirchner continues her authority to put out or not put out Requests for Proposals for specific borough contractual services. Council this month approved unanimously the approval of a purchasing manual for the borough for the procurement of services and bids. Councilmen Rich DiGregorio and Jack Hansen, both Democrats from Ward Two, were dissenters earlier in the meeting when they said Kirchner's power to decide whether or not an RFP should be required for professional consultancy should be removed from the purchasing manual. Mayor Andy Szekely – who can vote to break a tie and veto an ordinance – proposed that the power…
Thursday, July 28, 2011
By November, a developer will be selected to change the lot into a residential-commercial hybrid.
The future redevelopment of Madison Parking Lot won’t just affect the area within its boundaries; it will spill over to the railroad station, Railroad Plaza, Main Street and its businesses. Delta Development Group, in conjunction with the Lansdale Parking Authority, held an open house informational session Wednesday evening to garner feedback from residents, commuters and business owners on their wishes and expectations for redevelopment of Madison Lot. At least 20 residents and business owners attended the event. The event was more like a genie in a bottle: an opportunity to ask community members their wishes for a better Lansdale at Madison Lot. It was revealed that the most likely structure to be built in the lot is a multi-story …
