Tenafly Nature Center Referendum Looking More Likely….

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The recent election of two council candidates who support a public vote on the matter — Maxim Basch and Daniel Park — has brought the possibility of a referendum back to the borough’s table.

The proposal by managers of the Tenafly Nature Center to build a new Education and Discovery Center on East Clinton Avenue has aroused controversy because some residents want that land to remain untouched…

The new plan for a new building includes a state-of-the-art, barrier-free 7,940-square-foot building in the forest behind East Clinton Avenue at Kent road with 50 parking spots.

Mike Neus, a Tenafly Nature Center trustee, said “Every public body and environmental organization that reviewed our plan has endorsed it.” An alternative proposal suggested by the opponents for the existing site does not work from the environmental perspective, he added.

But the “Save the Tenafly Green Acres” group wants officials to consider their alternative plan for a new building at the existing Tenafly Nature Center on Hudson Avenue. An engineer and architect who examined the site has said it is possible to construct a two-story building there, they say .

Mayor Rustin said the next step is to get a promise in writing from both sides that they will abide by whichever way the town votes so that there’s no misunderstanding after a referendum is held.

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