Preserve Brielle

05/09/2025

Here is the agenda for the next Planning/Zoning meeting. It will be taking place this Tuesday, May 13th at 7pm at Brielle Elementary School. Hope to see you there!

03/26/2025

REMINDER! Tonight is the meeting at 7pm at Brielle Elementary School! Regarding Whiskey Lounge, mainly about the proposed House Element and Brielle’s affordable housing plan. This meeting will be very informative. Please try to attend and show your support for our beautiful Brielle. If you are unable to attend it will be live streamed on Brielle Elementary’s YouTube Channel. Spread the word! Here is tonight’s agenda. Hope to see you there!

03/18/2025

Mark your calendar! There is going to be a meeting on March 26th at 7pm at Brielle Elementary School. Regarding Whiskey Lounge, mainly about the proposed House Element and Brielle’s affordable housing plan. This meeting will be very informative. Please try to attend and show your support for our beautiful Brielle. If you are unable to attend it will be live streamed on Brielle Elementary’s YouTube Channel. Spread the word!
Also, “Preserve Brielle” lawn signs are still available.

02/24/2025

Have anything to do tomorrow night (Monday, February 24th) at 7pm? Please come out and show support for our town by attending the Council meeting at 7pm at the Borough Hall! The Whiskey Lounge project is not on the agenda. But by attending you are showing that you are supporting our community and are able to put the names to the faces that work hard in making Brielle beautiful! Hope to see you there! Here is the agenda for tomorrow night.

01/06/2025

We have attached the agenda for the Council Meeting taking place tomorrow, Monday, January 6th at 7pm at the Borough Hall. Although the Whiskey Lounge development project is not listed on the agenda, we strongly encourage you to attend and to show your support! This meeting provides an opportunity to engage with the town's leadership and become acquainted with the individuals who govern our community. We hope you can attend! (In the event of cancellation due to weather, we will let you know.)
Let’s PRESERVE BRIELLE!

11/18/2024

As you may know, the perspective purchaser of the Whiskey Lounge property has proposed an initial concept plan to demolish the existing restaurant and construct a complex containing 101 housing units upon that site. The developer, Hightide Brielle, LLC has filed a lawsuit in the Monmouth County Superior Court against Brielle’s Mayor, Council and Planning Board seeking the Court’s approval of their 101 housing unit concept. Further, it is our understanding that Hightide and the town are in negotiations in an attempt to settle this lawsuit and we believe Hightide has proposed a revised concept plan that would leave the restaurant intact and build a 79 unit housing complex alongside. We believe both the 101 housing unit complex and the 79 housing unit complex far exceed any reasonable density for that site. Further, allowing either plan does not keep with Brielle’s quaint character and appearance.

As an aside, a few years back the “Grieco Beverage” site, which is just down the street from the Whiskey Lounge site, was sold to a developer. Recently, the developer and the town agreed to a total of 20 Housing Units to be constructed on the “Grieco Beverage” site. The “Grieco Beverage” site encompasses approximately 1.33 acres. This equates to a development of 15 housing units per acre [20 housing units divided by 1.33 acres]. The Whiskey Lounge site encompasses 1.66 acres. Using that same 15 housing units per acre would equate to 25 housing units total [15 housing units times 1.66 acres] and no restaurant for the Whiskey Lounge site. Far less than the 101 units or 79 units proposed by Hightide and much more in-line with keeping Brielle a quaint and picturesque town.

While the Whiskey Lounge Property is not an item listed on tonight’s [Nov 18, 2024] Mayor and Council’s Meeting Agenda, as Brielle residents, we need to let the them know we are opposed to the over development of this property. If you’re able, please attend this meeting and others in the future and voice your opposition. We cannot allow the members of our governing bodies to say they were not aware of our opposition.

10/28/2024

Here is tonight’s agenda for the town council meeting https://www.briellenj.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif2856/f/agendas/october_28_agenda.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3Ee1JFmfMaEWccePWIlSP1UTrVlnTrgIBhSm9NGop76npqzT1JUDrwWO4_aem_vtFRUvGBBYc3-PNsPGJHRA
There is nothing regarding the Whiskey Lounge property or the Greico propery aka M&D. But we encourage you to attend. Get informed of other business going on in our town!

10/21/2024

Just FYI the Whiskey Lounge property is not on the agenda for the next planning board meeting https://www.briellenj.gov/planning-board/pages/current-applications. Will keep you posted on when it will be on the agenda.

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10/19/2024

I just have to say the outpour of support for this has been amazing! Being born and raised here it’s been awesome meeting people I have never met and chatting with each and every one of you! If you ordered signs, they will be in on 28th. A BIG thing is that we have to attend the next planning board meeting. I will let you know the date. Have a great evening beautiful Brielle!

10/16/2024

Hello Beautiful Town!

Lawn signs are currently being distributed.
If you are interested in letting your lawns voice be heard please PM us. We asking just to get back the cost of making each sign, $9. Venmo preferred.

Go Town!

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10/03/2024

Please read our press release in today’s Coast Star. The judge did deny our motion to intervene because it was premature. But that isn’t going to stop us from preserving our beautiful town of Brielle!

09/23/2024

Stay informed about the redevelopment project in Brielle through an article in this week's Coast Star. Click on the image to read the article in full.