Loller Academy Building Reopens After 22 Months

HATBORO, PA —It was a historic moment for the borough's government Tuesday night.

And it wasn't necessarily because the Historical Commission was meeting. It was because the board was meeting in the Loller Academy Building.

For the first time in 22 months, after delays due to air conditioning issues last month, meetings are now once again taking place in the official borough hall. While the government will still be housed in the old Pennypack school on Spring Avenue for an undetermined date,

On Wednesday, the Zoning Hearing Board met there. Borough Manager Diane Hegele was in attendance.

"Twenty-two long months, but finally back in Loller tonight," Hegele said on Facebook. "It was really different sitting in the council room and, for the first time in many years of working in this building, the air conditioning actually worked and the temperature of the building was fabulous. Welcome Home."

On Monday, Borough Council will hold court in the council chambers.

"I am excited to have meetings back at Loller. Since I have been on Council, we have been in Pennypack," Councilwoman Nicole Shay told Patch Friday.

It's been a long time coming for a building that closed so the entire HVAC system could be replaced and a new one installed.

The borough needed a new headquarters and thus purchased the Pennypack property from the Hatboro-Horsham School District for $600,000.

Meanwhile, the council first met in the Crooked Billet Elementary School before shifting meetings to Pennypack.

Borough officials recently conducted a survey seeking residents' input about the future use of the building. The results of the survey have not been released yet.

But the borough plans, and has started using the building, as a community center. Numerous events have been held in the building over the past six months, including bingo and a Sip and Shop.