ItвЂ™s very difficult to run towns today solely on the backs of the residents. вЂњThis is the thing that people have to understand: a property that maybe gave $20,000 in taxes now gives $300,000 in taxes. вЂњAnd we know the value of investment,вЂќ added Elizabeth Jeffery, the boroughвЂ™s director of economic development. вЂњWe have really set the pace for what transit-oriented development can be in New Jersey,вЂќ Mahr said. Also neighboring several South Avenue shops and residences developed by local entrepreneurs, Fanwood Crossing is a three-part development of retail and residential that makes up nearly half of the Block 64 revitalization project. They complement new businesses and facade enhancements on Martine Avenue and a downtown cobblestone walkway and vibrant gathering place that connects South and La Grande avenues between the rear of those businesses and neighboring Fanwood Crossing Plaza. 35 Second St., 2,900 square feet of first-floor retail beneath three residential units expected to be completed in December by longtime property owner Joseph Ponzio of Jobar Realty, whose family previously operated Dean Oil on the site.The $13 million Station Square at Fanwood developed by Woodbridge-based Landmark Companies on the corner ofВ Second Street and La Grande Avenue with 35 townhouse-style rentals, seven of which are affordable housing units, all renting now for a spring opening.The transit-oriented development of Block 64, nearly half of which is across South Avenue from FanwoodвЂ™s historic Victorian-styled train station, soon will feature: READ: Scotch PlainsвЂ™ redevelopment, affordable housing plans READ: Scotch Plains councilwoman dies after breast cancer battle вЂњIt was one of the largest in our history.вЂќ вЂњWe would never have gotten that highly competitive grant at that level of funding if they did not see that we could do it, that we deserved and that we had a track record,вЂќ the mayor continued. вЂњWe did something over the last decade that people didnвЂ™t think ever would get done,вЂќ said Mahr, a Scotch Plains native who moved to neighboring FanwoodВ shortly before she was elected in 2004, while helping Jersey City redevelop as its director of Housing and Economic Development. Meanwhile, a $802,000 federal transit grant will fund a new streetscapeВ for South Avenue (Route 28) that will coincide with plans to redevelop the sites of the former A&P and adjacent properties, as well as YoungвЂ™s Paint at Terrill Road and a nearby pizzeria. Two construction projects will complete the revitalization of Block 64, an entire block of shops and restaurants beneath or near dozens of residential units, the first-ever in the historic boroughвЂ™s downtown. Watch Video: Fanwood nears completion of downtown redevelopmentДЇANWOOD - The longest-serving female mayor in New Jersey, FanwoodвЂ™s Colleen Mahr continues her boroughвЂ™s quest to redevelop its downtown, as well as its South Avenue Commercial Corridor.

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