Thursday, April 11, 2013
An 18-lane bowling alley with 150-inch TVs at the end of each lane, along with a bar, restaurant, arcade and laser tag maze, is proposed at the Hillcrest Plaza in Lansdale in the old Clemens/SuperFresh location.
The 18-lane bowling alley and family entertainment center known as King Pinz is still coming to Lansdale. Proprietors PMC Entertainment—a BuxMont investment group—still has a signed lease for the former Clemens/SuperFresh space at Hillcrest Shopping Plaza on East Main Street. The local investors know King Pinz Family Entertainment Center will improve that piece of Lansdale. "The group is still pursuing the development and has been working through the structure of the business model with its supporting lenders," said PMC Entertainment in a press release. "The development site has remained unchanged. We would like to be open by the end of the year to capture the holiday business." The investment group has completed a full engineering study, …
Monday, December 17, 2012
A funding application is due no later than Feb. 15, 2013
Between the initial announcement of the Lansdale Collaborative Project in April 2011 and today, officials at Advanced Living Communities, North Penn YMCA, The PEAK Center, Manna on Main Street and North Penn Community Health Foundation have been very busy. The groups meet on a weekly basis, and conduct weekly conference calls, all to prepare the best funding application for $17 million in low-income housing tax credits to the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. "We're in the process of preparing our funding application, which is due no later than the close of business on February 15," said Advanced Living Communities CEO and President Bill Brown. "We have a very aggressive plan to have the application complete." Brown said the full team …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Lansdale Police Chief Robert McDyre reviewed with the public safety committee this month several concerns brought up by residents near the proposed Lansdale Collaborative Project
Residents living on or near Highland Avenue and Forest Avenue in Lansdale may be pleased to know several traffic and public safety issues have been fully addressed by the borough. At a Lansdale Public Safety Committee report this month, Lansdale Police Chief Robert McDyre outlined eight issues that have either been solved or continue to be monitored by the borough. Most of the issues were brought to the attention of the committee at a July 11 meeting and revolved around the upcoming Lansdale Collaborative Project, spearheaded by the North Penn YMCA and involving Advanced Living, The PEAK Center and Manna on Main Street. McDyre reported that he and Councilwoman Mary Fuller met with residents to "whittle down" their issues. Review of …
Friday, September 21, 2012
Residents of Forest Avenue, Highland Avenue and East Main Street wanted council to table the vote on a preliminary/final land development on the Lansdale Collaborative Project until officials addressed the entranceway from Forest Avenue
They tried to stop it with 41 names on a petition. They have attended numerous public safety committee meetings and planning commission meetings for months to get their concerns resolved. They came out in full force Wednesday night and requested Lansdale Borough Council deny and table a vote on preliminary and final land development approval for the YMCA/PEAK Center/Advanced Living Communities/Manna on Main Street project — at least until all resident concerns are addressed. All they wanted was a restriction on the entrance into the property from Forest Avenue, which has served as one since as long as Lans-Bowl and the North Penn YMCA have been in existence. Yet, the efforts of the residents of Forest Avenue, Highland Avenue and East Main …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Manna on Main Street board members and staff recently met with residents of Highland Avenue, Forest Avenue and East Main Street who are concerned about the Lansdale Collaborative Project and who had questions about Manna's mission
The residents living along Highland Avenue, Forest Avenue and East Main Street have come individually or in groups to Lansdale Borough Council and committee meetings, and even town hall sessions, to express their concerns and disdain with the Lansdale Collaborative Project. The project is poised to bring together Manna on Main Street, Advanced Living Communities, The PEAK Center and an expanded North Penn YMCA under one roof on the former Lans-Bowl property. Of all the things residents of these streets have been vocal about, the major one is their concern over the type of clientele that Manna on Main Street serves in Lansdale. In an effort to work with neighbors, Manna on Main Street board members and staff met with residents last week to …
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Mater Dei Catholic School welcomes students to its very first day of school at 9 a.m. in Lansdale. Mater Dei is formerly St. Stanislaus Elementary, having been renamed and reorganized during the Archdiocese of Philadelphia merging of schools
1. Mater Dei Catholic School welcomes students to its very first day of school at 9 a.m. in Lansdale. Mater Dei is formerly St. Stanislaus Elementary, having been renamed and reorganized during the Archdiocese of Philadelphia merging of schools. 2. Manna on Main Street will hold an open house from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for residents of Forest Avenue, Highland Avenue and East Main Street to discuss concerns over Manna’s role in the Lansdale Collaborative Project. 3. The 311 W. Main St. Task Force meets at 7 p.m. at Lansdale Borough Hall. Consultant AMS Planning is expected to discuss its draft recommendations for the former arts center in Lansdale. 4. There’s a morning chat at the PennSuburban Chamber of Commerce office at 8 a.m. Members only…
Monday, August 6, 2012
Public Safety Committee last month recommended a reduction in the speed limit on Highland and Forest avenues to 25 mph. This month, a resident came forward to express frustration in tractor trailer traffic in her neighborhood
At its September business meeting, Lansdale Borough Council will vote on reducing the speed limit on Highland and Forest avenues to 25 mph. Soon, they could be considering a limit on truck traffic through that neighborhood. At the July 11 public safety committee meeting, residents primarily of Forest, Church, and Highland avenues expressed their many concerns regarding the additional traffic that the YMCA project will generate in an area where cars already “blow through stop signs,” as one resident stated in the meeting. The committee at that meeting was asked to consider lowering the speed limit on both Forest and Highland, restrict access of trucks except those making local deliveries, and increase monitoring of traffic by the Lansdale …
Sharon Dean, of Highland Avenue, is worried about "the type of people" that Manna on Main Street could attract when it moves near her neighborhood with the Lansdale Collaborative Project. She brought her concerns to Lansdale's public safety committee
Highland Avenue resident Sharon Dean has no problem with the proposed future location of Manna on Main Street as part of the Lansdale Collaborative Project, proposed on the former site of Lans-Bowl on East Main Street. What she does have a problem with, she said, is the type of people that will be in and out of her neighborhood. Dean, who appeared with other residents before the committee last month, brought her concerns to the Lansdale Public Safety Committee last Wednesday. In the end, Lansdale Police Chief Robert McDyre told her that the borough cannot prevent a landowner from building what it wants within code and ordinance, but it can be proactive in making sure problems don't happen in the neighborhood. There is also a plan in the …
Friday, July 13, 2012
Residents express concern to the Lansdale Public Safety Committee that the relocation of Manna will usher in crime and jeopardize the safety of the community
Residents near the former Lans-Bowl property posed many concerns to the Lansdale Public Safety Committee at Wednesday night’s meeting, including those regarding the future home of Manna on Main Street. According to the building plans of The Lansdale Collaborative Project, Manna on Main Street is to be housed at the rear of the large complex that will also be home to the new and expanded North Penn YMCA, The PEAK Center and Advanced Living Communities. The main concern of the residents in attendance was that bringing Manna on Main Street into a residential neighborhood could potentially put their children at risk. “I took it upon myself to do a quick search about crime happening around soup kitchens. It only took one search on one search …
Monday, April 16, 2012
The Lansdale Collaborative Project was announced Friday. The $28-million project would assemble four entities under one roof at the former Lans-Bowl site
It’s the beginning of a beautiful friendship. By September of 2013, Lansdale area citizens – especially senior citizens – could begin to see the construction of a collaboration of four major entities in town on the site of the former Lans-Bowl property. With the leadership of the North Penn Community Health Foundation, the Lansdale Collaboration Project is underway. The $28-million project will assemble Manna on Main Street, the North Penn YMCA, The PEAK Center and Advanced Living Communities (Schwenkfeld Manor, Derstine Run) into one huge gateway complex. The announcement was made at a special event Friday morning at the North Penn YMCA. According to architect George Marks, the project has a hard cost estimate of $24.8 million, at $159 a …
Todd Harper
7:32 pm on Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Great news for Lansdale!!! more ›