Expand<\/a><\/p>\nThe bank was well maintained over the years and is a solid building, but it was too small for Jessup\u2019s needs, Betti said. Adding on would\u2019ve been costly, and while the town could\u2019ve crammed everything into the building, they would\u2019ve outgrown the space in five years, Betti said.<\/p>\n
Council Vice President Curt Camoni echoed Betti, calling the decision to sell it long overdue.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just was never realistic,\u201d he said, pointing to an early figure that it would only cost $250,000 to move Jessup\u2019s police and borough operations into the bank. \u201cAs soon as a feasibility study was actually done, it was made painfully obvious that $250,000 was never a realistic number, and that it wasn\u2019t the proper facility for us to move forward with.\u201d<\/p>\n
Selling the building is the first step toward developing a realistic plan, Camoni said. The current Borough Building on Lane Street is too small, he said. Jessup has to find room to house its administrative offices, tax collector, Police Department and Department of Public Works, he said, especially emphasizing the need for a new police station.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur police station is embarrassing. These folks need a proper and professional police station in order to be able to do their jobs appropriately, and we need to make sure that we can attract good police officers,\u201d he said. \u201cOn top of it, our DPW \u2014 we don\u2019t have enough garage space to be storing all of our equipment, and the borough is spending taxpayer dollars on monthly rent for storage of certain things.\u201d<\/p>\n
Camoni said he plans to discuss the next steps during council\u2019s next work session.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to formulate a realistic plan and, again, do our due diligence ahead of time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He envisions looking at available land in Jessup while also assessing the current Borough Building, though he said he isn\u2019t a fan of keeping operations on Lane Street. Having a DPW yard in the middle of a residential area, and the noise that comes with it, isn\u2019t fair to residents, he said.<\/p>\n
Betti sees three possible options for Jessup: The borough can build a brand new municipal headquarters, which would be a large, lengthy undertaking; Jessup could build an addition onto its existing Borough Building and remodel it; or the town could explore buying another existing building in town and rehabilitating it for their uses, Betti said. The borough would use a feasibility study to determine which option is the most cost effective, he said.<\/p>\n
Various developers and business people have expressed interest in the bank, with ideas including a doctor\u2019s office\/medical center, upscale apartments, a restaurant and apartments, and business offices, Betti said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHonestly, all of them would be a benefit to the downtown,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Wright Centers for Community Health and Graduate Medical Education was among the interested parties and made a good-faith offer on the building, though the borough declined that offer, according to an emailed statement Friday afternoon from Brian Ebersole, senior vice president of strategic enterprise and ecosystem development at the Wright Center.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing thoughtful review by our leadership team, we have determined that we will not pursue the acquisition of the property,\u201d Ebersole said. \u201cThe Wright Center will continue to explore other options that align with our long-term goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Whatever moves into the former bank, Camoni hopes the community embraces it, and that it gives people another reason to visit Jessup\u2019s downtown and the small businesses along Church Street.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a big believer that business begets business, and progress begets progress,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jessup is making its final withdrawal from a former bank on Church Street. Borough council will accept bids…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2119,201,182,139,28,178,180,179,181],"class_list":["post-95053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-jessup","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-top-stories-stt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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