Please join the Jenkintown Borough Environmental Advisory Committee in taking the Audubon Healthy Yard Pledge. You can partake in the pledge by using native plans in the landscape, removing invasive plant species, reducing storm water runoff, eliminating the use of pesticides, providing for birds and protecting those that show up. The pledge will help Jenkintown increase and improve bird habitats; and Jenkintown only needs ten more signatures. Please stop by Borough Hall to sign the pledge sheet. More information on the pledge can be found at http://pa.audubon.org/birds/bird-town.
Jenkintown Borough Battery Collection
The Jenkintown Borough Environmental Advisory Committee has started a recycling program that allows residents of the Borough to bring their batteries in to Borough Hall and leave them in a recycling bucket. The bucket is for dry cell only, including: Alkaline, 9v, AA, AAA, D, C, NIMH, NICD (less then 9 volts). The Borough is asking residents to scotch tape both ends of the batteries to prevent batteries from short circuiting and to limit direct contact. Please see the attached flyer here, for more information.
The Borough is only collecting batteries at Borough Hall, please do not place batteries in residential recycling container for curbside pickup.
Thank you!
Jenkintown Environmental Advisory Committee Meeting Tonight
The Jenkintown Environmental Advisory Committee meeting is being held tonight, Wednesday April 4th at 7:00 PM in Borough Hall. Feel free to join in on the conversation, and hear from Reid Jonczak who will talk about high density urban gardening, raising chickens and bees. The meeting is free and open to the public. The Jenkintown Environmental Committee meets on the first Wednesday of the month. The next meeting will be held on, Wednesday May 2nd at 7:00 PM.
Jenkintown Spring Egg Hunt This Weekend!
The 2018 Recreation Board season finally begins this weekend with the egg-citing annual Jenkintown Spring Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 31 at 10 AM at the School Playground! Read More »
Planning Commission, Admin. & Finance, B.Z.R. Committee Meetings Held Tonight
IMPORTANT REMINDER: LAST WEEKS COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WERE CANCELED DUE TO THE SNOW STORM ARE RE-SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING MARCH 26th.
Tonight the Planning Commission will meet at 6:30 PM and the Building Zoning & Revitalization / Administration & Finance Committee meetings will commence at 7:30 PM at Borough Hall. The Planning Commission will be re-organizing, appointing officers to the PC and accepting upcoming assignments including the 2035 Comprehensive Plan. Two presentations are scheduled for the B.Z.& R. Committee meeting; 1) SEPTA will be making a presentation on their flood mitigation construction project, 2) The developer for the proposed Helweg Development (currently Taco Bell) will be providing the requested study of the possible real estate tax implication research to the Committee. The agendas for both the BZ&R and A&F Committees are available on the Borough website at the address shown below:
https://jenkintownboro.com/meeting-agendas-and-minutes/
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