Councilwoman Linda Habgood

01/02/2026

It’s time to close this account! My 2 terms on the Westfield Town Council have come to a fruitful end. It’s been an honor and a privilege to serve the residents of and work alongside some of the best people I have ever known .contract and so may others! For Ward 1 and Town topics pls follow and starting now! See you at the swearing in on Jan 6 at 7:30 at Town Hall! Now….what to do with all that time?!?

03/18/2025

I am very excited to share that the Tamaques Park Usage & Visioning Survey is now live thanks to the work of the Tamaques Park Steering Committee and our consultant Dresdner Robin.

Feel free to let your friends and neighbors know and encourage as many people as possible to complete the survey.

The survey will be live until April 11th at 11:59pm.

The link for the survey is: bit.ly/tamaques
Please let me know if you have any questions! The best outcomes will come from the greatest number of responses.

Landing page for all project information regarding upgrades and redevelopment for Tamaques Park in Westfield, NJ.

03/16/2025

As the Chair of the Finance Committee of the Town Council, I work hard to keep all my council colleagues apprised of finance related matters that impact the Town, and particularly One Westfield Place. Last weekend, when the news regarding the bankruptcy of Hudson's Bay hit the press, I reached out to every one of my colleagues to make sure that they understood that the bankruptcy had zero impact on our project in Westfield and why it shouldn't be a concern for them or residents who might ask. I'm sure you saw Mayor Brindle's post on this topic last Saturday.

As you might imagine, I was surprised and dismayed to see Councilman Saunders newsletter after our Town Council meeting on 3/11/25. Since he did not take me up on my offer last weekend to have a meeting to discuss OWP, did not raise any questions in the Council meeting on this topic, and then chose to sound needless alarm bells in his newsletter, I decided to address this issue here.

Please see below my notes (in italics) addressing Mr. Saunders's points from his newsletter (in quotations). I know many of you receive his newsletter, but his comments are also posted on the Westfield, NJ page:

"With that said, I want to address a growing concern among residents regarding recent articles about Hudson Bay, the company overseeing the One Westfield Place (OWP) project and the owner of Saks."

𝘏𝘶𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘐𝘕𝘊𝘓𝘜𝘋𝘐𝘕𝘎 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘞𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘍𝘐𝘌𝘓𝘋 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘊𝘌, 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘜𝘚 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭. 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺.

"• Hudson Bay Facing Imminent Bankruptcy
• Saks Global’s Vendor Trouble Hints at Financial Vulnerability

To put it plainly, I am deeply concerned. I have been clear in my opposition to this project from the start, and the latest news shines an even brighter spotlight on the lack of due diligence that went into approving it. Westfield deserves better."

𝘠𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰. 𝘐𝘧 𝘔𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘞𝘗 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯'𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥.

𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘞𝘋 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 (𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭). 𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘚𝘢𝘬𝘴 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭/𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥.

𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘥𝘶𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘈𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵.

"I fully support smart, strategic redevelopment that strengthens our town, but we have to take a step back and reassess the entire OWP project including its financial viability, scale, scope, and the partners we are trusting with Westfield’s future." 𝘚𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦--𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴.

"At a minimum, we need to do a Request for Proposals (RFP) to see whether there are stronger financial partners and better project scopes that align with our residents' needs." 𝘚𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘎/𝘚𝘞𝘋--𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘙𝘍𝘗 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨? 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘪𝘯 $43 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.

𝘐𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘔𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 "𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦" 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘍𝘗 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘚𝘦𝘦 333 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 --𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 18% 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘦𝘴 𝘷𝘴 95% 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘗𝘐𝘓𝘖𝘛 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

"Months have passed since I last heard from Hudson Bay and/or really anything about the OWP project, and we still don’t have the basic answers we need." 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘶𝘥𝘴𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘞𝘗 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵.

"There have been no updated financials shared, and in my opinion there has been no transparency throughout the entire process." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘔𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘳𝘶𝘱𝘵𝘤𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘕/𝘈 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘞𝘗 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥.

𝘍𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 11 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴!

𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘚𝘞𝘋, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘓&𝘛 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺'𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺.

"Westfield’s future depends on strategic redevelopment and I promise to keep asking the hard questions and pushing for transparency. We can and will do better." 𝘔𝘳. 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 -- 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘴.

𝘐𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴. 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘈 𝘓𝘖𝘛 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.

𝘈𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘔𝘳 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯. 𝘭𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥@𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘫.𝘨𝘰𝘷 𝘰𝘳 908-723-5059

11/21/2024

WESTFIELD: Seek out the FACTs on One Westfield Place

After the Nov 12th Town Council meeting, Councilman Saunders sent a lengthy newsletter critiquing the vote taken to downsize the One Westfield Place (OWP) project. The Ward 1 Councilman's email was riddled with falsehoods disguised as facts and his closing comment was reckless, declaring that he has "lost all faith that our experts and certain members of the Council are willing to do the basic fiduciary work we are tasked with. Simply put, Westfield deserves better.”

We have no issue with Councilman Saunder’s opposition to the amended redevelopment plan for OWP. But disagreeing on an issue doesn’t entitle you to criticize the commitment and work ethic of our Town's staff, widely known to be one of the best municipal management teams in the state, nor to discredit the town’s professional redevelopment experts, all of whom have been working diligently to protect Westfield's interests in the process of considering the changes requested by the OWP developer.

For Councilman Saunder’s edification, many of us have spent years working on this redevelopment project, one that is projected to result in more than $150 million in incremental revenues over the term of the agreement, and over $40 million of public improvements upfront. After only 11 months in office, Councilman Saunders is quick to criticize, and also conveniently fails to mention in his newsletter the financial improvements that come along with the proposed changes, most notably the full backstopping by the redeveloper of all principal and interest payments under bonds that the Town will issue down the road to pay for public improvements.

We encourage all residents to seek out the facts on OWP vs. relying on newsletters spewing campaign-type, partisan rhetoric and slanderous accusations instead of the expected reporting of facts. The facts on OWP can be found on the Town website: https://westfieldnj.gov/989/One-Westfield-Place. There you can find all of the Town professionals' reports, all OWP presentations to the Town Council and public, a thorough and updated FAQ document and the appraisal for the parcels being sold.

To close, we have led the Finance Committee for the last 7 years, and are proud of our track record: a 1.2% avg municipal tax rate increase, a record $15 million budget surplus in 2023, a reclaiming of $3.8 million owed by Westfield Senior Housing, a AAA bond rating, and $10+ million in repaving costs covered by utilities that we held accountable. We have worked every day to ensure that your taxpayer dollars are meaningfully and conservatively spent to enhance your quality of life and to watchdog what is likely your largest investment -- your property in Westfield.

The rules of civility in partisan politics are increasingly ignored at all levels of government, but with all due respect, Councilman Saunders, YOU can do better. Meanwhile, we will continue to deliver strong fiscal results and uphold our fiduciary duty and our oath of office to the Town of Westfield.

10/23/2024

Please take a look! Happy to take any questions. Send me an email: [email protected]

𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐋𝐃 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃

Many of you have been inquiring about the status of One Westfield Place, and I am pleased to share some good news.

At Tuesday’s Town Council meeting we introduced an ordinance to amend the One Westfield Place redevelopment plan (RDP) to include much of the thoughtful feedback we’ve heard from residents. These changes will 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁, provide greater fiscal and future tenant certainty, 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 on these sites, and 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮 $𝟰𝟭𝟬𝗠𝗠 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, $𝟭𝟱𝟳𝗠𝗠 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 to the Town, and 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 that have always been the main priorities of the project.

The amended ordinance 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑒𝑠 the scope of what is allowed to be developed on the properties.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?
When HBC | Streetworks Development (SWD) determined that some changes to the RDP would be required to accommodate the needs of interested office tenants, we seized this as an opportunity to revisit the RDP and negotiate a series of changes that address many of the concerns we heard from residents. All members of the Town Council met with Streetworks in April and provided their input. After months of negotiations by our team of professionals, most of our requested changes are now in the amended RDP agreement. The bipartisan Finance Policy Committee reviewed the amended RDP, and the Council voted to introduce the ordinance on Tuesday.

The most significant change is that the overall scope of the project is reduced by 25% while ensuring the core objectives remain. Specific reductions and key benefits are as follows:

🔹Reducing gross square footage (GSF) by 178K (from 661K to 483K)
🔹Eliminating one office building on the south side (90K GSF)
🔹Reducing south side traffic impact by 36-40% during peak hours
🔹Lowering most building heights, by 15 to 30 feet, in both the Lord & Taylor and south side parcels
🔹Delivering public benefits including traffic improvements at ten intersections, pedestrian plazas on north and south sides of the train station, bike/pedestrian infrastructure, and north/south side garages
🔹Fully replacing commuter parking; adding 364 public parking spaces on nights/weekends from the south office garage
🔹Proactively advancing our fourth round of Affordable Housing obligations while protecting the Town from higher density residential development

Crucially, this amended plan delivers $157MM in project revenue over 30 years that can support future town budget needs and/or lower taxes. It also reduces the total bond issuance from $43.7MM to $34.1MM, and from three issuances to two. And to further increase the Town’s financial protections, the developer is now obligated to cover any debt service amounts that are not covered by PILOT payments; simply put, any bond payments associated with this redevelopment project would now be guaranteed by Streetworks.

As I have assured you, we never stopped listening.

The updated project addresses many public concerns while delivering on our key priorities: expanding and diversifying the tax base, restoring downtown jobs, increasing daytime foot traffic, improving pedestrian safety and traffic mitigation, and advancing our Affordable Housing obligations.

You can view the full presentation with the proposed amendments on our website as well as updated FAQs that summarize the changes. (westfieldnj.gov).

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁?

𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰: The Planning Board will review the amended plan to ensure consistency with the Master Plan.

𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟮: Contingent on the Planning Board findings, the Town Council will vote on the amended RDP ordinance, as well as the corresponding amended Redevelopment Agreement (RDA), PILOT, and financial documents for introduction and/or adoption.

𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯: The Town Council will vote on ordinances to adopt amended financial agreements.

Once these documents have been adopted and approved, Streetworks will then present their site plan application to the Planning Board for approval next year.

I recognize a project of this scale takes time, and thank you for your continued patience and support as we continue to prioritize the best outcome for current and future generations of Westfield.

09/27/2024

The new playground at Franklin needs only a few more donors to accomplish the goal!

03/27/2024

For only the second time in over 20 years, we are delivering a ZERO percent municipal tax increase to our Westfield residents.

PLUS we are investing in-line with all our strategic priorities:
--public safety
--infrastructure improvements
--exceptional public services

Here are the budget highlights:

1. A ZERO percent increase in your municipal taxes. In a year where school and county tax bills are projected to rise, we are taking excess surplus dollars and giving them back to you.

2. Re-Investment of our savings in things that matter to you. As part of a new 30-year contract we signed with Westfield Senior Housing Corporation last October, we negotiated a $3.7 million payment to the Town to close out their unmet obligations under the original lease. This payment, alongside other savings realized in 2023, will enable significant improvements to be made across town--investments in playing fields, storm water resiliency and drainage, crime prevention, pedestrian safety and walkways, speeding enforcement, and lots of long overdue enhancements and maintenance to our parks and recreation areas.

3. Property values continue to rise. Westfield added ~$75 million of new ratables in 2023, primarily from single family homes. This means that your home values are going up! The average Westfield home was assessed at $812K in 2023 and is now >$821K.

4. A robust $8.75 million surplus balance to bolster continued investment in 2025 and beyond. Our AAA bond rating, prize winning redevelopment projects and low borrowing rates give Westfield the tools to continue our capital plans without having to heavily rely on increasing your property taxes.

Mayor Shelley Brindle Town of Westfield, New Jersey Councilman David Contract
here is last night's presentation! https://westfieldnj.gov/civicalerts.aspx?aid=339

09/24/2022

Could not be more excited for everyone to see the 3D model of Town of Westfield, New Jersey in the Preview Center...coming soon! Come witness the future of our town :)

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09/24/2022

Thank you Friends of Brightwood Park for inviting Councilwoman Emily Root and me to your fundraiser Thursday evening. Excellent decision to partner with Ricardo Roig and Evalyn Dunn Gallery to focus all of us on the art that nature is! Great turn out and lots of positive energy!! Leslie Lewis & Trudy Burke, Brava!

01/28/2022

It's Budget Season in Westfield! My fave time of the year. If you missed our "shareholders meeting" last night, check out how we did against the 2021 Municipal Budget. I am happy to report the Town of Westfield, New Jersey is in EXCELLENT health. AAA in fact...and the replenishment of surplus puts us right where we want to be!! https://www.westfieldnj.gov/2022-Budget. Check it out!

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01/04/2022

Honored to welcome Governor Phil Murphy this evening to administer the Oaths of Office for Mayor Shelley Brindle, Councilman Mike Dardia, Councilman David Contract, Councilwoman Dawn Mackey & myself.

The ceremony will be held outdoors in front of Town Hall at 5:30, and is open to the public. Masks are required.

As a reminder, the Annual Organization Meeting will follow at 6:30 in the Council Chambers, which will have limited in-person capacity due to the current surge in COVID cases. Residents are encouraged to view the 6:30 meeting via the Town of Westfield, New Jersey Facebook Live.