Lackawanna Plaza Redevelopment has shifted from a Township project to a 4th Ward project. It is wedded to an increasingly unrealistic anchor concept to meet a hyper-local services issue. In short, it is being encumbered more and more; and that limits realizing the broader opportunities. The self-imposed timing pressure is just one example. Urgency should not be the priority. While a new supermarket is desirable and should be a highly encouraged use, the absence of traditional, full service supermarket should not be a deal-breaker. Further, no desired use should exert a level of influence that causes the appropriate time & process steps to be circumvented. Redevelopment is not a goal, it is a strategy. We need to remind ourselves of our goals when we set out on this path and not lose our focus or allow distractions. A major community-wide obstacle is mobility. Convenience and access are metrics of mobility. We believe mobility increases economic activity. None of our redevelopment projects really address mobility. They try to leverage it - primarily by walking -but, they don’t advance it. Arguably, they risk impeding mobility by their over-reliance on cars. As a result of being built-out and land constrained, we are becoming urbanized. Just because Lackawanna is the last, big, undeveloped parcel doesn’t mean we should approach its development as all the others. Mobility is an obvious increasing public need in an urbanized environment. We must revisit, in more comprehensive way, and how, in the case of Lackawanna, it can advance township-wide mobility to our local economic advantage. We are busing Seniors to Edgemont Park. We are busing grocery shoppers to Bloomfield. All of our commercial districts need more foot traffic. We are trying to bus residents to/from train stations and major events like the Jazz & Film Festivals. We having congestion issues at the smaller venues and events in our parks. We need to actively pursue “Best in Class” mobility options, how it factors in to what Lackawanna should offer, and how it positively impacts the macro economics of the Township.