COMMUNITY SENTIMENTLucent Property Redevelopment Report: Prepared by REVA Partners January 26, 2009

“Given the costs of retrofitting the existing building we recommend that the existing structure be demolished at the current property owner’s expense if the property is to be conveyed to the Township. We also recommend that any existing environmental concerns within the building and on the site be remediated by the existing property owner as well.”

FIVE PRINCIPLES

• Enhance Ratables and Economic Activity

• Mitigate Impact on the Surrounding Community 

• Preserve Eero Saarinen’s Bell Labs Building 

• Create a Vibrant Public Place  

• Provide for Environmental and Open Space Preservation 

TOWN CENTER EVENT AT FORMER BELL LABS

“The ebb and flow of any redevelopment project inevitably involves differences of opinion on various proposals. But the open house should help put everyone on the same page when it comes to saving this special building as a work of art.”