Royersford National Night Out Approved

co-chair J.R. Bach was at the April 24 Royersford Borough Council meeting to request road closures for the annual event, which will be the third year for the borough of Royersford.

"As a church, we are again taking part in the annual National Night Out event, which is held the first Tuesday of August every year," he explained.

National Night Out is a nationwide community awareness day, encouraging citizens to do the right thing when it comes to crime and drugs. Nationally, the event will be in its 29th year.

Locally, this year's event will be August 7 from 4 to 7 p.m. Bach indicated setup would begin at 2:30 p.m. He requested road closures on Washington Street from 3rd to 4th Avenue. Bach said he is also requesting roads be blocked off on 3rd Avenue from Washington Street to the driveway of the apartments.

"We didn’t have any problems in years past that we know of," he said. "It’s been a great success and has gotten bigger and bigger. Last year we had more businesses involved. We hope to get more businesses and community groups involved as well."

Local responders will also be participants at the event, along with their regular duties.

"We are going to work with our neighbors in this effort, as well as Royersford," Bach concluded. "We would like to have the local first responders stationed at the ends of the street, in case they need to get out for an emergency. Royersford Borough will be mentioned in any advertising we will do for this event."

Council approved the request unanimously.

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• Borough Manager Michael Leonard is still exploring options for the basketball court at .
• The has requested permission to use the municipal parking lot every so often for a Classic Car Cruise Night on select Friday nights. Council members had concerns of the parking spaces being taken away from potential customers of local businesses. Council decided to investigate the situation and see parking trends on Friday nights.
• The bills were paid for the month of March in the amount of $125,765.38
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• Council President Thomas Weikel indicated that council will revisit the zoning ordinance for the 800 and 900 blocks of Main Street will be discussed at the May 7 meeting.
• There will be a zoning hearing on April 30 for changing the sign at .
• The Civil Service Ordinance will be discussed on June 12.