"Fostering the uniqueness of Asbury Park is what could provide long term value …to make Asbury Park just another suburban tract on the ocean is unwise. … your plan is just itching to make… Asbury [the low-end destination]. We absolutely have to be more interesting than Long Branch or we're wasting our time here."
The uniqueness of Asbury, whether you recognize it or not, is why we argue; unfortunately, the factions that have developed, perceive components of this distinctiveness as being the whole rather than what they are, supporting elements. Therefore, some of us revel in the historic buildings of the waterfront, others the fine old homes, some the urban grittiness of Cookman and Mattison, still others the cosmopolitan makeup of its culture and community. Unfortunately, if we divide in support of the whole, in the interest of furthering only our particular area, niche or component, we risk losing all. I don't know what vision the current council has for the future of Asbury; but their performance as stewards of Asbury's future, whether under the agreement, negotiating its terms and conditions, policing its execution, dealing openly with the electorate or protecting Asbury's magnificent historical buildings; leaves too much unanswered, unexplained and undone. We'll always be more interesting than Long Branch; what we'd better start worrying about with this council and their Master Developer is resembling a low-end Lakewood. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fostering the uniqueness of Asbury Park is what could provide long term > value and economic uplift. That includes the west-side as well. Your > desire to make Asbury Park just another suburban tract on the ocean is > unwise. Someplace on the shore always manages to be the low-end destination > and your plan is just itching to make Asbury that place. I think your > fantasy of how far Asbury can go under the present plan is way overstated. > We absolutely have to be more interesting than Long Branch or we're wasting > our time here. That "we" includes anyone here for the medium or long-term, > residential or commercial. > Just for the record there are many tourist destinations that do not fit the > description you give - kiddie rides and the like. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of bluebishop82 > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 2:42 PM > To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: APP Endorese Incumbents (To Dan) > > > > Lightly, > > Please consider that Long Branch was never a place that depended > upon Asbury Park - it was always a busier City, and when both Cities > were in their hayday, Long Branch had the wealthier clientele. > > As for Belmar over the last 25 years, they were the tourist draw > around these parts. They didn't need Asbury Park for anything. > > These towns, like Sea Bright, figured out what places like > Allenhurst, Deal, Loch Arbor, Avon, Sea Girt and Spring Lake figured > out long ago - having residences on the beachfront instead of kiddie > rides and peanut stands makes for a far healthier local economy and > better standard of living for residents. People who buy summer > homes and rent homes for weeks at a time spend more money and are > better meighbors than day-trippers. The tax base expands and the > City can offer better services. > > Monmouth will never be a tourist trap again because there isn't > enough here. Go ask out of county or out of state travel agents to > see if they are recommending Monmouth to anyone. They aren't. They > recommend places like LBI, AC Wildwood and Cape May. > > That is why this current plan is so good - it is consistant with > what is working so well for the rest of the County, and will make > this much more stable place to live and work. > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 5/10/05 5:04 AM, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Certainly. Monmouth County is no longer a tourist destination. > Towns > > > that were (Sea Bright, Long Branch, Belmar) have all gone to > year- > > > round residential at thier beachfront. Asbury is correct to do > so > > > as well. Monmouth is no longer for tourism. Ocean, Atlantic and > > > Cape May is where people vacation now; Monmouth is for living. > > > > > > Just curious as to why you are so certain that Monmouth County > cannot be a > > tourist attraction anymore. It seems ridiculous to me to have so > much > > beachfront be used solely for residential purposes. In my > opinion, part of > > the reason many of the other towns in the area have moved away from > > stressing tourism is because Asbury Park was the BIG DRAW and > since it > > hasn't been that draw it hasn't filtered down to the other towns. > > > > What makes a tourist region in my eyes is having things like > oceanfront > > land, boardwalks, downtown shopping areas. Asbury Park SHOULD not > only be a > > tourist attraction, but it should be one of the best tourist > attractions in > > the state. > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
