Muhlenberg Future Up for Discussion at Three Meetings

City officials have announced three community meetings for public discussion of the future of the Muhlenberg site.

The meetings, all at 7 p.m., will take place on March 27 in the Plainfield High School cafeteria, April 24 at Washington Community School and April 29 at Emerson School.

The sessions were promised as part of a city-sponsored planning study that was approved last October. The timetable called for three community meetings in the second, third and fourth months of the project, with an outcome anticipated by six months.


JFK Health System, owners of the campus where Muhlenberg was shuttered in August 2008, had proposed 600 luxury apartments for the site in March 2012 and last year gained the backing of certain clergy in Plainfield. No sooner did the council approve the city study than JFK shut down the "Muhlenberg Moving Forward" web site describing the proposal for apartments and an enhanced emergency care facility. Blog commenters feared retaliation, JFK spokesman Adam Beder had no comment and not much more was heard on the subject.

Most recently, Assemblyman Jerry Green mentioned at a Democratic City Committee meeting that he knew of a developer who was interested in the campus. Green said he wants a medical facility there.

"That's my dream before I move on," Green said at the Friday meeting.

--Bernice

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