Belleville Senior Center To Get $30,000 Facelift By Early 2021

BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Township Senior Center on Franklin Avenue is getting a $30,000 facelift, and no taxpayer dollars will be used to get the job done, officials announced Monday.

According to a news release from township officials, the senior center improvements will include new floors, doors and color. The renovations will also include replacing locks on the kitchen cabinets, fixing a leaky sink, solving phone issues at the center, moving a refrigerator out of the main room and exploring aesthetic upgrades to the side entrance.

Mayor Michael Melham met with leaders of local senior citizen organizations to get input on the project before renovations began.

“In the post-COVID world, our senior population – our greatest treasure - will have a bright, vibrant place in which our residents can socialize,” Melham said. “It feels even more gratifying to provide these upgrades at no cost to our taxpayers.”

Work has already started on the project, which is slated to be completed early in 2021.

Because the project will use revenue from a developer’s agreement earmarked for local community upgrades in the surrounding neighborhood, no taxpayer dollars will be used, officials said.

Additional funding from the developer’s agreement will be earmarked for work on the Little League field and to make a donation to the Disabled American Veterans Hall.

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