A conversation in 2040: "Grandpa, why is the NJ Music Hall of Fame on Exit 116 of the Parkway?"
"Well, Exit 116 is only 16 miles away from the Parkway Exit to Asbury Park, where Bruce Springsteen had his big break. And as a matter of fact, there are plenty of things to do on Exit 116. Why, you can visit the Vietnam Veteran Memorial, where your great grandpa gave his life for a meaningless war in the '60s. Lighty, don't give up the good fight. I'm actually involved with an organization looking to relocate the College Football Hall of Fame to New Brunswick from South Bend, IN. (Did you know, the first college football game was held in New Brunswick, between Rutgers & Princeton?) The State wants to put it on a Turnpike Rest Stop. The committee has agreed that the CFHOF is better off starving in South Bend than thriving on Exit 8A. But, then again, some people are more concerned about how they can get ahead than what their grandkids would want when their grandparents are worm food. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > As a matter of fact, I'm willing to bet the next time any of us are > > in Atlanta, (which is 70 miles away, according to the show) if we > > ask 10 30-something locals on the streets where REM > > was "discovered", at least 1 of them would be able to give us the > > best way to get to that unnamed bar in Athens. > > > > Actually the museum that we are looking at the closest for a model for the > New Jersey Music Hall of Fame is the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. That > museum has had tremendous success in building up the state's musical > heritage to a larger audience. > > Of course, the way things are going with Asbury Park not wanting tourism, I > guess we may be forced to look elsewhere for a home. It's a shame because > Asbury Park shouldn't seek to be the next Bradley Beach - it should be > seeking more. It has too much going for it to settle into the next little > family town on the Jersey Shore... > > One more note of just how much success Belmar is having with their move to > residential. The town council voted to have our parking meters run from > May to the end of September. Why is this important? Because for decades > those meters were ONLY used during the summer. The town is struggling to > find ways to make up for lost tourist revenue... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
