Bloomfield Will Discuss Future Of Ex-Vocational School With Public

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — What are the latest updates on 209 Franklin Street? That will be topic of the evening on Monday when Bloomfield officials hold a virtual “information session” about a municipally owned property that has been raising some big questions among local residents.

The township purchased the former Essex County vocational high school property known as Bloomfield Tech in December 2023 for $10 million. Read more about the history of the property – and the town’s purchase – via this explainer from The Jersey Bee.

Since then, many Bloomfield residents have been asking what the town plans to do with the property. Some answers may come next week.

On March 31, the township will hold a virtual public workshop to give residents a status update. The event will take place remotely at 7 p.m. There are multiple ways to watch:

• Live Webinar: https://tinyurl.com/Update-on-209-Franklin-St
• Streaming live on Facebook and wbmatv.com
• WBMA-TV: FiOS channel 30, FiOS-HD channel 2136, Comcast channel 35
• Apple TV, ROKU, or Amazon Fire through the WBMATV/Bloomfield app

Residents can submit questions by sending an email to the mayor’s office at ecirne@bloomfieldtwpnj.com by noon on March 31. Attendees will also be able to ask questions via the Zoom chat or Facebook during the webinar, officials said.

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