Waiting for the next step…

There hasn’t been too much activity on the Westmont since the public meeting on June 23rd.  The Retrospect ran a ‘Letter to the Editor’ story submitted by one of the developers in last week’s issue. The Westmont was also mentioned in an article in this past Monday’s Courier Post.

The story was about the redevelopment zones in Haddon Township and the Westmont Theatre happens to be one of the redevelopment zones t. The article also mentioned the three potential development companies: Fieldstone, Herman Group and Retzler Group and briefly described their proposals.

We will post new information once it becomes available.

Misprint in today’s Courier Post

The article in today’s edition of the Courier Post is incorrect. The meeting for the Westmont theatre is TONIGHT, not tomorrow.

Please forward that information to anyone you feel would read that article and not attend thinking the day was changed to Tuesday.

 

Allen Hauss article in today’s Courier Post

In response to the “Township must weigh theatre plans carefully” [printed in the Courier Post on May 21st ], movie theatre historian Allen Hauss wrote an editorial on saving the ‘last vaudeville era theatre still standing in Camden County’ and sent it into the paper.

It has been posted in today’s edition of the Courier Post in the editorial section, complete with a fenced off picture of the Westmont Theatre.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE STORY

Courier Post: ‘Theater’s in need of final script’

On the front page of the today’s edition of the Courier Post is an article, a rather lengthy one, about the three proposals on the Westmont Theatre.

The article is similar to the one posted by the Retrospect a few weeks ago but goes into slightly greater detail on each proposal and even has some direct quotes from members of each development firm, such as Paul Warshauer from the Retzler Development Company, Philip Herman from the Herman Group and Arthur Corsini from Fieldstone Associates.

The best part of the article is what Mayor Teague said at the end, “NO DECISIONS WILL BE MADE UNTIL THE TOWNSHIP SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS ALL THREE PROPOSALS.” The Mayor goes on to say that he hopes to hold those meeting in the next month or so

To read the full story click HERE

Below is a an artist rendering from one of the development companies (we’re not sure which one though).