Handful visit Hillier lobby to view West Windsor redevelopment display

Information also available at municipal building

By: Nick Norlen
   WEST WINDSOR — Since West Windsor’s first redevelopment workshop, between five and 10 residents have dropped by Hillier Architecture’s lobby to review the firm’s "project progress bulletin board."
   Officials at the architecture firm and the township want that number to grow.
   Gwen McNamara, assistant manager of marketing communications at Hillier, said the lobby area features a number of materials to provide information on the proposed redevelopment of the 350-acre site surrounding the Princeton Junction train station.
   Ms. McNamara said residents are encouraged to provide feedback and ideas about the project.
   "We definitely want folks to drop by and offer suggestions," she said, noting the suggestion box in the lobby. "At the end of the day, we check the box and see if there’s anything in there and deliver it to the team."
   Ms. McNamara said the board will be an evolving display of information and ideas about the site.
   "It will be something that will be changed," she said. "And that’s the whole point."
   Currently featured on the board are the environmental constraints and parking and circulation maps, a site map with specifications made by a group of residents at the first workshop, several pictures of the site and a collection of the current newspaper articles about the project.
   Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh said the township’s municipal building features a similar setup for residents to leave feedback for the project.
   "We have the same thing," he said. "We have all the of same materials."
   Both buildings are open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the township building is open some weeknights for meetings.
   Those who don’t want to travel to either building can e-mail ideas to the architecture firm at [email protected].
   In addition, Mayor Hsueh said the project Web site, www.wwallaboard.org, will be updated frequently.
   Mr. Hsueh said he encourages residents to find at least one way to provide feedback on the project.
   "There will be new information coming, there will be new analysis coming up, and people can review all of this and … continue to provide their input into the process," the mayor said. "Hillier will try to incorporate all the comments into what they’re doing. That’s what I meant by saying the charrette process in West Windsor is going to be three months — not three days."