Business View Magazine | September 2019

272 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2019 apartment complex; a 563 age-restricted housing development is almost completed – a Toll Brothers property called Seabreeze at Lacey. We have a 258-unit townhouse complex with retail space in the plans to start in the spring by Edgewood Properties. So, we do attract housing and we haven’t had a problem filling our housing; even filling the new homes being built. We are welcoming Lidl, a German food store opening in September; we have Aldi filling a vacant storefront; Wal-Mart became part of our community in 2005; and Dollar General opened in June. So we do have movement throughout our community and commercial corridor.” “One of the other zoning matters that our governing body has accomplished: we went for an application process before the State of New Jersey Planning Commission for what is called a Town Center Plan Endorsement,” Laureigh adds. “What does that do for us? We’re under the Coastal Area Facility Review Act (CAFRA). We’re limited with what we can cover on our property. Under today’s standards, we’re only allowed coverage of 30 percent. With this Town Center Plan Endorsement, we’re allowed to cover up to 70 percent with impervious coverage. This will help some of the old sites redevelop with a more modern footprint that allows for a planned environment with retail on the bottom and housing above. This also allows us to redevelop our industrial sites and bring in more industrial/warehouse facilities along our highway corridor. Of course, there are items the Township has to meet to keep the Town Center Plan Endorsement: resiliency, sustainability, green infrastructure - we just can’t pave a parking lot and make it asphalt; you’ve got to have some green elements in there. All of those items are on the Governor’s forefront to save energy in the state and to lessen our carbon footprint. Those are the items we’re accomplishing to try to help the growth with our economy here in town and along our major corridor, Lacey Road and Route 9.” Laureigh adds that the Township also continues to work with local legislators and state agencies to address its transportation needs and the movement of goods and traffic. It hopes to update the circulation plan to incorporate a strategy