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Michael Hays
Nov 23, 20242 min read
Add Your Voice to Budget Process
Municipal budgets are documents that express our collective will and values. Over the coming weeks, Montgomery County residents will...
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Michael Hays
Oct 6, 20242 min read
Op-Ed: Details of Final NSH Proposal Released
My months-long quest to read the last and final proposal to redevelop a portion of the Norristown State Hospital grounds recently came to...
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Michael Hays
Sep 6, 20242 min read
Company Appeals to Keep Norristown State Hospital Proposal a Secret
Someone really does not want to share what their plan was for the Norristown State Hospital redevelopment. Last December, Norristown...
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Michael Hays
Jun 9, 20242 min read
Baseball, Soccer Stadiums Among Proposals Rejected by Norristown Council for Hospital Grounds
A soccer stadium, minor league ballpark, and community center were pitched by different developers for 68-acres at the Norristown State...
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Michael Hays
Mar 25, 20242 min read
State Hospital Redevelopment Must Support Essential Workers
(From a recently published letter in the Times Herald of Norristown) Nurses and other health care workers became heroes during the...
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Michael Hays
Mar 15, 20243 min read
Public is Skeptical of NSH Plans
With millions of development dollars pouring into Norristown over the next few years, residents came out Thursday night to ask the...
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Michael Hays
Mar 9, 20242 min read
Let's Build for the Common Good at NSH
Next week offers several opportunities to advocate for more affordable housing, including two public meetings concerning the...
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Michael Hays
Dec 22, 20232 min read
Norristown Zoning Board Rebukes Council, Allows Shelter to Stay Open
Four days before Christmas, St. John’s Church in Norristown needed a variance from the local zoning board to avoid closing in the midst...
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Michael Hays
Sep 30, 20233 min read
Tax Dollars Wasted on Market-Rate Homes
We are in the midst of a debate about affordable homes in Montgomery County. Good. Most people would acknowledge that Norristown and...
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Michael Hays
Sep 14, 20233 min read
Norristown Police Sought Names of Homeless
The Norristown Police Department tried to obtain names of the unhoused from Montgomery County more than two months before news broke that...
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Michael Hays
Sep 9, 20235 min read
Norristown Emails Show Disdain for Homeless
In the 14 months that have passed since Montgomery County’s only year-round homeless shelter closed, both encampments and evictions have...
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Michael Hays
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Inqy: Peco to Give 45-Day Notice to Encampment
Over the weekend, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Peco will take additional steps in August to get remaining campers to leave the...
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Michael Hays
Jul 21, 20233 min read
Homelessness Task Force Debates ‘Fair Share’ of Services Between Norristown, Pottstown & Others
Since the spring, a large panel of elected officials and other stakeholders have met virtually to delineate “actionable” projects to...
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Michael Hays
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Keeping the Focus on Solutions and Avoiding Sweeps
Norristown Council President Thomas Lepera’s chair sat empty during Tuesday’s council meeting. Meanwhile, members of the community turned...
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Michael Hays
Jun 7, 20231 min read
Norristown Protest Recap
ICYMI, below you’ll find news articles from last night, the full Norristown Council meeting recording, and a letter-to-the-editor that...
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Michael Hays
Jun 4, 20232 min read
Join Us Tuesday Night in Norristown
During campaigns for public office, you may hear one of the candidates say something to the effect of: We know what you are against....
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