Child care center agrees to preserve Parrot Mill Inn, promises parking lot will be effective.
The Chatham Borough planning board unanimously approved the preliminary and final site plan for a KinderCare Learning Center facility on the Parrot Mill Inn property during its Wednesday meeting. The application for the child care center, which would hire about 18 employees, was passed with a number of conditional resolutions, including the preservation of the Parrot Mill Inn and the restriction of use of that building by other businesses. Before the board made its decision, Glenn Pantel, the applicant’s attorney, said the benefit of having KinderCare as an occupant of the site is that all of its locations are corporately owned—not franchised—allowing for an increased level of control. “[KinderCare is] attracted to the site because of the …
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Parrot Mill Inn
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New shop would allow customers to buy prepared but uncooked pizzas, as well as salads, cookies and ice cream.
A new shop, where people can purchase on-the-spot prepared and uncooked pizzas, may be coming to Chatham Borough soon. A representative from the Chicago-based Homemade Pizza Co. attended the last borough planning board meeting to discuss the company’s application to take over the currently empty business space on the corner of Main and Center streets. Unlike traditional pizza shops, the pizzas that would be sold at Homemade Pizza Co. would not be cooked but only prepared for purchasers to bake at home. In fact, the shop will not have any ovens or ranges on which to cook. “The main product is pizza, but it doesn’t come in a box,” said Joanna Kolakowski, the company’s director of architecture and development. “It’s not going to slide, and it…
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54 Fairmount Ave, Chatham, NJ
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Walter Nugent
10:31 am on Monday, June 11, 2012
The article made it appear that I (Walter Nugent) was suggesting that people park on Parrott Mill Road to drop off their children. What I stated during the meeting was if the parking lot gets crowded parents may choose to park on Parrott Mill Road congesting the Main St. and Parrot Mill area with two way traffic trying to pass. more ›