
The board acknowledged that a number of sponsors have already been confirmed, such as Merrill Lynch, Chestnut Hill Hospital, Cosimo’s Pizza and Elfant Wissahickon, among others. Former CHCA president Brien Tilley will once again be coordinating the popular event for both kids and adults of all ages. Hoops Madness is set for its fifth year in a row, as it will happen on March 25 at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy. The board remains generally optimistic that the firm will make concrete progress on the project soon.

Cecil Baker + Partners, the architectural firm running the construction, will provide its own update during the next LUPZ meeting on March 2.

He also reported on the current construction taking place at the Engine 37 fire station, and, while not much progress has been made over the past month, plans to add space to the firehouse are still in place.

Though Bob Rossman, vice president of the CHCA’s Physical Division, acknowledged that there had not been many zoning variances filed lately, he did express the board’s view that they expected to approve the variance for the trash compactor in Parking Lot 2. With a number of major events coming up in the near future, especially during the next month, the Chestnut Hill Community Association board members kept the focus on further planning for events such as Hoops Madness and the Philadelphia District Attorney debate at their Feb.
