Catch up on the biggest stories in Moorestown this week.
Council revealed several of the affordable housing locations, and the MIA is trying to get students to take a closer look at Moorestown’s trees. Catch up on everything from the past week in the Weekly Roundup.
Council reveals affordable housing locations
Town Council has revealed the proposed locations where affordable housing will be developed to satisfy its obligation of 337 units, if the plan is approved in court. At a special meeting on March 6, Beth McManus, the township’s housing planner, said the township will user four developer intervenors at sites on Centerton Road, Route 38 and the Lenola Shopping Center, and zoning overlays at the K-Mart lot, the Moorestown Mall and the Lenola Shopping Center to meet its obligation.
MIA encouraging students to find foliage with town-wide contest
The Moorestown Improvement Association is starting something of a game in town: Who can identify the most streets in Moorestown named after trees and who can take it one step further to then find trees that share the name with the street on which they reside? The goal is simple: To encourage kids to take notice of the trees that give Moorestown oxygen, shade and some of its curbside appeal. MIA board member John Khanlian said it occurred to him the MIA could make this Arbor Day particularly special if it encouraged Moorestown students to learn a bit more about the town’s trees they’ll be celebrating on Friday, April 27.
Chigounis has kept the arts ‘sustained and healthy’ for more than a decade
Chigounis went from volunteering to get Perkins Center for the Arts off the ground to running two historic locations as Perkins’ executive director. Having just announced her intention to retire from the position come June, Chigounis said she feels profoundly lucky for the impact Perkins has had on her life.She said the role had her bringing in professional artists from every discipline in an effort to make arts programming available to schools in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties. Programs ran the gamut from choreography, public mural and sculpture with nearly every type of art being offered over the course of her time at Perkins, Chigounis said.
Continuing a legacy of ‘Church Women’
Church Women United of Moorestown consists of women who each represent a church in town. Nearly every church in Moorestown is represented, and members of the group, which has been around since 1953, act as emissaries for their respective churches as they plan three celebrations a year and raise funds for local groups. In Moorestown, the group’s reach has expanded beyond just Christianity, and the women have extended an invitation to any woman from any religion who wishes to join.
