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The yellow line shows the stretch of Camden Avenue, from Revere Avenue to the Maple Shade line, that the Township Council declared an Area in Need of Rehabilitation.
The colored area of the map shows the properties in the Area in Need of Rehabilitation in the Camden Avenue corridor.
Rehabilitation Study | Heyer, Gruel & Associates
A plan to designate part of Camden Avenue in the Lenola section of Moorestown as an Area in Need of Rehabilitation was unanimously approved by Township Council on Monday night.
The move focuses attention on a less-than-one-mile stretch of Camden Avenue from Revere Avenue to the Maple Shade border that encompasses 33.25 acres and contains 67 properties.
Deputy Mayor Quinton Law, who was the only Council member to comment on the plan, spoke in favor and said: "I think that Lenola has been an area that has not seen this investment for quite some time." He said he believes the declaration and potential resulting development will impact the entire neighborhood.Â
Mark Hines, who chairs the Township Economic Development Advisory Committee, was the only member of the public to comment.
"We definitely support this," Hines told Council. "We think these are the tools that are needed to help to revitalize and encourage economic growth."
Hines also was the only member of the public to speak at the August 3 Planning Board meeting when the Camden Avenue plan was approved and recommended to Council.
Under state law, a rehabilitation determination focuses a municipality's redevelopment efforts on specific properties and may include tax abatements for improvements by owners.Â
Council, also acting on a Planning Board recommendation from August 3, unanimously voted to designate 428 South Church Street, at the intersection of Fellowship Road, as an Area in Need of Rehabilitation. The property of less than an acre includes a vacant, 152-year-old house and a barn.
The yellow line shows the stretch of Camden Avenue, from Revere Avenue to the Maple Shade line, that the Township Council declared an Area in Need of Rehabilitation.
