Hamilton Street

Redevelopment projects that promise to change its streetscape and new efforts at making the area safer herald what could be a renaissance of the Hamilton Street business district. The business district portion of Hamilton Street, which runs roughly from Franklin Boulevard to the New Brunswick border, was once the township’s “Main Street.” That changed over the past several decades with development …

The Hamilton Street Improvement District’s amended $72,000 budget for 2015 was approved April 14 by the Township Council. There was some dissent expressed by business owners, who said they were frustrated over 10 years of contributing to the SID without any tangible returns.

The Hamilton Street Advisory Board at its Sept. 8 meeting created three committees members hope will foster the group’s work. The committees formed were marketing, safety and zoning, although no one volunteered to chair the marketing committee.