Councilman Bob & Cindy
Weiner with their Pomeranian pup, Shayna
Councilman Weiner speaks at the Claymont Renaissance Development Corporation (CRDC) event on 8/1/08. Representatives from The Commonwealth Group also provided an update on the Renaissance Village project.
Bob Weiner speaks at the 7/1/08 public hearing for the Barley Mill project.
Councilmembers Weiner, Cartier, Hollins and Clark lead citizens on a walking tour of Rockwood Park on June 12, 2008 County Council members from the area escorted a small group of area residents on a stroll along the meandering path through Rockwood Mansion Park as part of a 'walk in the park' program, intended to provide information and an opportunity to interact with public officials in an informal setting being conducted this summer. The Rockwood walk on June 12 included the nearly completed link with the Northern Delaware Greenway in the side of the county park adjacent to Wilmington. Leaders of the tour shown in the photo were Councilmen Robert Weiner, John Cartier and Penrose Hollins & Council President Paul Clark.
Courtesy of www.Delaforum.com
60 people participated in the 5/24/08 walking tour of the new paths at Alapocas State Park lead by Councilman Bob Weiner. Bob also provided historical insight into how the park and paths were created.
Space under the largest dome in Brandywine Town Center (right in the above photo and below) will become leaseable after County Council, as is now expected, approves changes in the deed restrictions on the property. The other dome in the above photo is atop a restaurant being constructed on one of three building pads. The other two, which also border the water feature, are to remain open space. The park-and-ride commuter station will be relocated to the little-used parking lot near the community building (not shown in the photo) which also borders the water feature. www.Delaforum.com
Councilman Weiner at Brandywine High School's "Great Bulldog Day" on May 19th.
May 2008 - Aerial Photos of "Renaissance Village"
The Claymont Renaissance Village site (formerly known as Brookview) has been cleared and now construction will now commence. The aerial photos depict the strategic location of this mixed use compact walkable transit oriented traditional neighborhood design village.
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Brandywine High School Tennis Team volunteers to spread mulch for Councilman Weiner’s “Bark Park Maintenance Day” at Talley Day Bark Park on April 26, 2008
County councilman Robert Weiner addresses the crowd as Talleyville Girls Softball League opens its four-diamonds complex on the site of the former Old Mill Lane School. Also participating in the inaugural on Apr. 12 were former state representative Wayne Smith and Barbara Meredith, an administrator with Brandywine School District. League president Mark LaVere said about 450 girls on 33 teams will participate during the coming season. Photo by www.Delaforum.com
4/5/2008 The Citizens Anti-Graffiti Brigade Cleans Up Shipley Road.
RJ Miles (Captain of Graffiti Brigade 3, CCOBH Board member & President of McDaniel Civic Association, Isaac Walker (Captain of Graffiti Brigade 4), Eric Kardash (past President Cardiff Civic Association) and I removed the graffiti from Shipley Road near Liftwood on the supports under the CSX Railroad line
Brandywine HS Tennis Team Receives $2500 County Grant from Councilman Bob Weiner 3/14/08
Concord High Rowing Team $2500 County Council Grant Presentation Sponsored by Councilman Weiner 3/13/08
Jonathan Husband, a county Department of Special Services official, (second from left) said an effort will be made to name the road through Talley-Day Park in honor of Harlan Day, the last owner of the farmhouse which stood where the park's soccer fields are today. Councilman Robert Weiner displays a photograph of the house while Harlan Day's son, Jack Day, (right) and James Hanby, a local-history authority, listen approvingly. Husband also told attenders at a seminar where stories of several families prominent in Brandywine Hundred history were discussed that the house on park property last owned by the late Edith Talley could be preserved if a prospective resident curator comes forward. Weiner sponsored the two-and-a-half-hour seminar in the branch library located in the park on Feb. 23. Delaforum 2/24/08
Councilman Bob Weiner presented a grant for $1950 to Concord High School Field Hockey Team and Coach Sandra Wood on October 29, 2007. The funds were allocated to purchase much needed new uniforms and goalie equipment for the team.
Greg Lavelle, Bob Weiner, Jim Bowers and Myrna Bair
Councilman Weiner addresses the crowd at
the Concord High School Holiday Concert.
The Concord HS Music Program received
a $2500 grant from New Castle County. You can read the speech
by clicking
here.
Councilman Weiner at the Claymont Christmas
Parade on December 2, 2006.
On
August 2, 2006 Councilman Bob Weiner received a prestigious
award from representatives of the Delaware Indian community
at a formal ceremony at the Nur Shrine Temple in New Castle,
DE for his work spearheading the Claymont Renaissance. The
event was special as it celebrated the establishment of Delaware's
first Chapter of this international service organization, the
Worldwide Centre for Spiritual, Cultural & Social Welfare.
The Hindu international service order's spiritual leader, Shree
Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan, was present to bless the honorees
and other attendees. President Nilesh Patel, a prominent local
business leader, presided over a ceremony attended by over
400 members and guests. Other honorees included Congressman
Mike
Castle and Lieutenant Governor John Carney.
Councilman Weiner discusses The
Claymont Renaissance, a plan to improve Claymont both aesthetically
and functionally by creating a more pedestrian friendly, village-like
atmosphere, at a meeting at the Claymont’s
Stone School on May 27, 2006.
Tour of Kentlands
and King Farm in Maryland Erik Aulestia of the nationally acclaimed
design firm of Torti Gallas created this presentation using
photos that I took when he gave a few of us a tour of Kentlands
and King Farm in Maryland. Torti Gallas has been retained
by the
Commonwealth/Setting Group to design Claymont Renaissance’s “new
Brookview”. (See design at www.claymontrenaissance.org). These early traditional
neighborhood designed (TND) communities were successful in demonstrating that
density could be desirable and create safe, pedestrian-friendly communities.
These early experiments however failed to provide a permanent stock of affordable
housing. More recent TND’s have remedied that early structural flaw. I
will be addressing the New Partners for Smart Growth national conference in January
on the subject of integrating a sustainable stock of affordable housing into
TND’s. For more information, go to www.newpartners.org. View presentation
in PDF Format
Philadelphia Pike focus of event
Councilman Weiner meets
with David Hunt, senior planner at Vollmer
Associates, a Wilmington-based architectural and engineering
firm, at the Claymont Renaissance Development
Corporation event, held November 15 at the Waterfall Banquet & Conference
Center. Weiner was part of a panel
discussion for Claymont business owners, which detailed visions
for business and residential growth along the
Philadelphia Pike corridor.
August 5, 2005
Councilman Bob Weiner addresses 100 participating citizens
in attendance at the Claymont Renaissance week long workshops
(charettes) on the final day, Friday August 5, 2005. The award
winning Torti Gallas design firm (nationally acclaimed for
its innovative traditional neighborhood pedestrian oriented
community designs) was retained by developer Commonwealth Group/
Setting Properties at Councilman Weiner's urging to seek community
input in redesigning the new community planned to replace Brookview
Apartments and the commercial frontage on Philadelphia Pike
in Claymont. Construction is scheduled to start in 2 years.
July 2005
Councilman Bob Weiner and his
Pomeranian pup, Shayna, enjoy the Rockwood Ice Cream Festival
Councilman Weiner and CCOBH President Dan Bockover examine
the marker at Blue Ball which was restored by the late Malcolm
MacKenzie. The historic dairy barn in the background will be
preserved when the park and road network are completed.
Sharlene and Warren Foster, Dan Bockover and Jerry Martin chat
with Councilman Weiner about 'empty nester' housing in 2002.
The concept was new to this area prior to 1996. Here is a photo
of Cloutier Court on Foulk Road, then under construction, which
exemplifies that approach. After Bob's election to County Council
in 1996, Bob sponsored legislation which made construction
of these housing units more attractive to developers, thus
assisting aging Brandywine Hundred residents to remain in our
area. Bob named this age-restricted community after his good
friend, the late Phil Cloutier, who also shared Bob's belief
that the construction of senior communities would be very popular.
Their joint belief has proven quite true.
