Inspirational images for what could become of the Town of Easton’s waterfront property at 672 Glenwood Avenue continue to pour in, and community input is still needed. The photos are part of a visioning process to help guide the planning process for the Easton Point Site. Cameras were publicly distributed earlier this month at tours of the site, at Easton’s Farmer’s Market, to several civic organizations, as well as to Mayor Robert C.Willey and town council members Pete Lesher, Kelley Malone, John Ford, Leonard Wendowski, and Megan Cook.
This Friday, July 29th, cameras will be available in the Easton YMCA lobby from 8-10am. The property will be open that day for tours and photographs from 10 – 11 am. Additional cameras will be available in the YMCA lobby from 4-6pm on Monday, August 1st, and a final tour opportunity will be available on Tuesday, August 2nd from 11am-1pm.
“We are very excited and encouraged to see the public process for the improvement of Easton’s 672 Glenwood Avenue property taking shape,” said Easton Councilwoman Megan Cook.
Parties interested in sharing their ideas about how this new public waterfront in Easton might look are asked to capture with photographs the answers to two questions; What are features that you love about the site (or other, similar waterfronts) and would like to retain or see added to the property and what are features that you would like to see change or be removed from the property, or that you would not want to see added?
The public is also encouraged to take photos with their own digital cameras or camera phones. Photos can be emailed to [email protected] (photos of open spaces and waterfronts that you love – they can be from anywhere) or [email protected] (photos of features you would like to see improved at the Easton Point property). Drop boxes for the disposable cameras have been placed at the Easton town office (14 South Harrison Street) and Easton Point Marina (975 Port Street). All photos and cameras are due by 4 p.m., Friday, August 5th.
Pictures collected will be displayed during the first week of September and will guide the project’s design partner – a landscape architecture studio from Philadelphia University – as they articulate the community’s vision for the site through design. The community will have the opportunity to review and edit the plans at a preliminary design review in October. More refined plans, incorporating feedback from the initial review will be presented to the public in December with final design presentation in early 2012.
Ongoing updates about the project, including comments from public meetings and upcoming events can be viewed at centerfortowns.org. If you have questions or would like to join the listserv created for the project, contact Lisetta Silvestri, Community Projects Manager, at 443.988.2347 or [email protected]
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