Lower Pottsgrove Township is taking bids for five vacant lots along East High Street where the township had intended to build a new municipal building. The parcels are being sold as a single, two-acre unit and are all located in the “limited commercial and office” zoning district. Bids will be publicly opened on June 6. The township began buying the properties in 2018, when the supervisors bought three parcels of property at the corner of South Pleasant View Road and East High Street for a combined cost of $377,000. By April 2019, the commissioners had assembled four adjacent parcels at 2258, 2270 and 2272 E. High St., and 2255 Brown St. The township’s plans to build a new complex on the site went downhill when “the price skyrocketed out of budget” due to supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. After the new building plans were abandoned, the township shifted focus to renovating the former Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) building at 1963 E. High St., eventually voting to take the building by eminent domain in June 2023. It is unknown if the sale of the former site means the township is closer to reaching an agreement on the former VNA building.
Source: Daily Local; 4/29/2024