Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Residents at Jenkintown town-hall say they were not adequately notified and fear displacement; church, manager and board promise follow-up
Summary
Multiple Jenkintown residents at a district-church town-hall said they received only an email and were alarmed by news their building might be sold; the pastor and a Human Good property supervisor pledged direct outreach and more meetings, but details on relocation, grandfathering and transportation remained unspecified.
At a public town-hall about a possible project involving Salem Baptist Church’s property, several residents said they learned of the meeting only by email and described weeks of anxiety about whether their homes might be sold. "Your home might be getting sold. We have an entire weekend after the holiday of freaking out and trying to figure out, are we about to lose our home?" Brandy Ware, a resident, said.
Pastor Mitchell and school leaders responded that no sale or transaction has taken place and that the session was the first public conversation. "This is literally the first conversation that has happened relative to the future of the sale,"…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
