Starting in 2003, borough officials had envisioned an 18-hole golf course, hotel, conference center and residential community of up to 280 units. That scenario, councilman Michael Simone Jr. told the Hackensack, NJ Record, was probably "no longer viable" because there is no access to the site from Interstate 287, which runs through the outskirts of Pompton Lakes.

A spokesman for DuPont, which operated a factory on the site from 1902 until it closed 16 years ago, was quoted as saying his company has not made "any decision as to the redevelopment of the site." However, the spokesman said DuPont is in discussions with an energy advisory committee that Mayor Kathleen Cole set up "to see if there's any potential about installing renewable energy sources at the site," including wind turbines and solar panels.

Under the scenario being considered by the borough council, the renewable energy farm could power the borough's municipal buildings, although it would not generate the kind of tax base that a mixed-use development would mean. DuPont, which currently pays about $879,000 in property taxes for the site, could produce the energy and provide it free to the borough for its municipal buildings, schools, library and firehouse, saving Pompton Lakes about $144,000 a year, the Record reported. The company could sell any extra energy to the power grid while earning credits in a state program for solar projects.