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Council reviews Elmwood Park draft master plan that includes phased $14M community center
Summary
Consultants presented a draft Elmwood Park master plan that outlines safety improvements, trail connections and a two‑phase community center project; the county has committed $5 million toward phase 1, consultants said.
Norristown council members on Tuesday heard a draft master plan for Elmwood Park that recommends new sidewalks and multimodal connections, improvements to Veterans Plaza and a two‑phase community center with an estimated Phase 1 cost of about $14 million.
The consultant presenting the draft said the project team has been working on the plan since last September and invited the public to a follow‑up meeting; the presenter said, “we're gonna have a public meeting next week on the 20 sixth to present the hopefully final plan.”
The nut graf: the plan lays out improvements intended to make the park safer and more accessible and to create long‑term recreation amenities that would be built in stages, a strategy the presenter said is aimed at matching different funding sources over a…
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