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newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2009/1111/front_page/017.html
Throckmorton Street gets new landscaping
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
FREEHOLD — A project that combines the efforts of Freehold Borough and Monmouth County is helping to create an attractive gateway into town on Throckmorton Street.
Richard Gatto, the CEO of Downtown Freehold (formerly the Freehold Center Partnership) said the effort to create an attractive entrance to the municipality involved the borough, the county and Downtown Freehold, which oversees the town's Special Improvement District.
A berm now serves as a foundation for landscaping plantings that will help beautify the view as motorists drive into Freehold Borough from Route 522 (Freehold-Englishtown Road) and from Route 9.
Route 522 becomes Throckmorton Street in the borough.
The berm was constructed by county workers in October and is a part of the first phase of a four-phase undertaking. Gatto said the berm is also expected to improve drainage along the street.
"The second phase is the planting of the landscaping on the berm, which is being funded by Downtown Freehold. Landscaping color and foliage includes the planting of Spruce Norway trees, Chokecherry Canada Red trees, Viburnum, Winterberry, Dogwood Redtwig and Fothergillia trees. The plantings will provide a colorful vista that will blend with the town's tree-lined streets for long-time residents who have made the borough their home and for those who are just driving into town from the highway."
Gatto said Ed Brock, the owner of Brock Farms, Freehold Township, was instrumental in assisting with the plantings, which were placed along the berm by Downtown Freehold. He said the landscape design was crafted by Rob Arcola of Brock Farms.
The third phase of the project will include curbing, which will be provided by the county, and the fourth phase will be the installation of brick sidewalks. Freehold Borough will handle the sidewalk construction.
"This is a great example of the excellent partnership that exists between Freehold Borough, Downtown Freehold and Monmouth County," Gatto said.
Freehold Borough has received several grants over the last few years that have helped to pay for the decorative brick sidewalks that line West Main Street from South Street to
Borough Hall; Court Street; and now Throckmorton Street.
The borough received Community Development Block Grants in the following amounts and at the following times, according to Borough Administrator Joseph Bellina:
• In 2006 the borough received a grant of $177,844 to install brick sidewalks on West Main Street from South Street to Borough Hall.
• In 2008 the town received a grant of $197,000 to place brick sidewalks on Court Street.
• A 2010 Community Development Block Grant will provide $187,230 to install a brick walkway on Throckmorton Street from Main Street to Monmouth Avenue.
Bellina said the planned improvements will extend out from the borough's hub.
"The improvements contemplated on Throckmorton Street are as ornate and as warming as those previously made in the downtown area," he said.
Bellina added that as part of Monmouth County's commitment to Freehold Borough, improvements will be made on East Main Street, including the installation of a traffic light at the intersection of Jackson Street/Jackson Terrace and East Main Street (Route 537).
newstranscript.gmnews.com/news/2009/1111/front_page/017.html
Throckmorton Street gets new landscaping
BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer
FREEHOLD — A project that combines the efforts of Freehold Borough and Monmouth County is helping to create an attractive gateway into town on Throckmorton Street.
Richard Gatto, the CEO of Downtown Freehold (formerly the Freehold Center Partnership) said the effort to create an attractive entrance to the municipality involved the borough, the county and Downtown Freehold, which oversees the town's Special Improvement District.
A berm now serves as a foundation for landscaping plantings that will help beautify the view as motorists drive into Freehold Borough from Route 522 (Freehold-Englishtown Road) and from Route 9.
Route 522 becomes Throckmorton Street in the borough.
The berm was constructed by county workers in October and is a part of the first phase of a four-phase undertaking. Gatto said the berm is also expected to improve drainage along the street.
"The second phase is the planting of the landscaping on the berm, which is being funded by Downtown Freehold. Landscaping color and foliage includes the planting of Spruce Norway trees, Chokecherry Canada Red trees, Viburnum, Winterberry, Dogwood Redtwig and Fothergillia trees. The plantings will provide a colorful vista that will blend with the town's tree-lined streets for long-time residents who have made the borough their home and for those who are just driving into town from the highway."
Gatto said Ed Brock, the owner of Brock Farms, Freehold Township, was instrumental in assisting with the plantings, which were placed along the berm by Downtown Freehold. He said the landscape design was crafted by Rob Arcola of Brock Farms.
The third phase of the project will include curbing, which will be provided by the county, and the fourth phase will be the installation of brick sidewalks. Freehold Borough will handle the sidewalk construction.
"This is a great example of the excellent partnership that exists between Freehold Borough, Downtown Freehold and Monmouth County," Gatto said.
Freehold Borough has received several grants over the last few years that have helped to pay for the decorative brick sidewalks that line West Main Street from South Street to
Borough Hall; Court Street; and now Throckmorton Street.
The borough received Community Development Block Grants in the following amounts and at the following times, according to Borough Administrator Joseph Bellina:
• In 2006 the borough received a grant of $177,844 to install brick sidewalks on West Main Street from South Street to Borough Hall.
• In 2008 the town received a grant of $197,000 to place brick sidewalks on Court Street.
• A 2010 Community Development Block Grant will provide $187,230 to install a brick walkway on Throckmorton Street from Main Street to Monmouth Avenue.
Bellina said the planned improvements will extend out from the borough's hub.
"The improvements contemplated on Throckmorton Street are as ornate and as warming as those previously made in the downtown area," he said.
Bellina added that as part of Monmouth County's commitment to Freehold Borough, improvements will be made on East Main Street, including the installation of a traffic light at the intersection of Jackson Street/Jackson Terrace and East Main Street (Route 537).
