"Long Branch chugged along regardless of lawsuits. Ugly as it may be, you see the words SOLD OUT."
Think Long Branch is ugly, have you seen the crap they're building at Wesley Lake? Looks like subdivision housing in Jackson; if that's the best they can do on a lake view site, wait till they start finishing Kingsley; you're gonna wish they had built that Long Branch drek. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Funny how some more REAL developers (a guy that tell a hammer from a > screwdriver) in Long Branch chugged along regardless of lawsuits. > Ugly as it may be, you see the words SOLD OUT. The beachfront is > generating tax dollars and long branch has a slew of new schools. > > Go to Hollywood Beach Florida, where a major redevelopment effort - > with PRIVATE $ battling for oceanfront land. Start here (if you could > start over) > > Adopted in 1997, The Hollywood Beach Community Redevelopment > Plan "provides the strategy for investing in public improvements and > programs that will act as a catalyst for private investment and > redevelopment in Hollywood Beach." > > Then go to their website: http://www.hollywoodbeachcra.org/ > > People are actually living. with ocean views, paying taxes, in this > plan. > > On Eminent Domain (http://blog.reidreport.com/2005/06/kelo- > rising.html) > > In reading through many eminent domain articles etc - one point stood > out - a snippet "...combined with limited funding for infrastructure > and tourism programs, have led to a decline that is apparent both in > the local economy and in residents' quality of life." > > SO WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE BLIGHT? > a) Home or business owner > b) Government with no control (or $ to control a problem) > SO WHAT INCENTIVE IS THERE - developers/investors can be the cause of > blight themselves, as in the case of AP PARTNERS. Failure to develop, > to cause tax revenues, extends the life of "blight". > > Giving somone 30 years to develop (have the option to) extends > blight, the town suffers as do the REAL PROPERTY OWNERS. > > No where in the Hollywood FL redevelopment plan did they award one co > the entire rights. They are however, participating in eminent domain > proceedings. Most of those who sold, sold out very, very well. > 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/
