Thursday, January 24, 2013
Councilwoman talks more about the progress of the new, scaled-down version of the Friendly House recreation center being constructed in the township's Silver Lake district.
During a meeting of the Belleville Township Council Tuesday a council member confirmed that the construction of the Friendly House recreation center is nearing completion. Councilwoman Marie Strumolo Burke was the driving force behind the use of a $469,000 Community Development Block Grant to rebuild a scaled-down version of the old two-story recreation building on Florence Street in the township's Silver Lake district. Burke said in a separate interview that she is "very happy with the progress" at the site in her fourth ward, but stressed again that the facility if for the entire town to use. The building is getting closer to final completion, Burke said. Right now, air conditioning/heat duct work is being put into the interior of the …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Belleville's First Ward Councilwoman says new gray brick building has recently had windows installed and landscaping should come next as facility moves will open in 2013.
A question from an audience member at Tuesday night's Belleville Council meeting led to Councilwoman Marie Strumolo Burke updating the progress of rebuilding the Friendly House recreation facility. The facility is being built using a Community Development Block Grant. Councilwoman Marie Strumolo Burke pushed for the council to use $469,000 in CDBG money to rebuild a scaled-down version of the old two-story recreation building. Burke said the new building with two different colors of gray bricks, had the windows put in recently. "The building was put up sideways on the property, for two reasons," Burke said. "We wanted to fit as much parking as possible, and we want kids to be able enter off the main street on Florence Street." The new …
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Councilwoman Marie Strumolo-Burke says the new building in the Silver Lake District will be open to all residents, and will be built on the old Friendly House site after that building was demolished.
Belleville Township leaders are building a new recreation facility to expand day care services and senior citizen exercise programs. The new building – which will take the place of the former Friendly House – is scheduled to be construction in Belleville’s Silver Lake section with the help of $589,000 in Community Development Block Grant money. Three years after the original structure, known for a century as the Friendly House, was knocked down, the township council voted in July to build a scaled-down structure, according to First Ward Councilwoman Marie Strumolo Burke. The original Friendly House recreation facility on Frederick Street housed an indoor pool, a basketball court and a recreation room, and was used by Silver Lake residents…
Chris Albanese
2:41 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013
KATIE YOUR NOTE IS RIGHT WHAT IS FOR SILVER LAKE KIDS I AM STILL WAITING FOR OUR PLAY GROUND I WAS PROMISED WHEN I WAS TEN IM 67 NOW ,THEY STUCK IT TO SILVER LAKE KIDS AGAIN THE FRIENDLY HOUSE WAS A NICE PLACE WHEN I WAS YOUNG WE HAD A LOT OF FUN ' AND THE TOWN DID NOT OWE IT . IT WENT DOWN THE TUBES WHEN BELLEVILLE TOOK IT OVER.THEY TOOK CARE OF IT LIKE IT WAS IN SILVER LAKE SO WHO CARES. MARIE … more ›