You are 100% correct Werner, not surprisingly either. wernerapnj wrote:
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:AsburyPark%40yahoogroups.com>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Well at least I got a dialog started here. All I have been reading > in the past is how > terrible the new construction is and how long it is taking(True). My > point is simple. Asbury > (with some exceptions) has looked liked a war zone for a looooong > time. Bringing new > construction and people can only be an improvment and it should create > more job > opportunites for the local residents. I didn't mean to create any > verbal abuse. I just think > everyone should appreciate that it will never be as good as our > memories are. > > ---------------- > > It sounds from your post that you have very low standards for Asbury > Park. I have heard > the mantra repeatedly - 'at least they're doing something', 'something > is better then > nothing', 'we will never be as good as we were', etc, etc > > Yes construction is good, but it's how that construction is directed > that makes a good or > bad project. 3000+ condos will provide little if any local employment > and will destroy the > history and cultural heritage of the City. > > Construction directed toward rebuilding the traditional commercial and > tourism land uses > would serve the City in a much better way. By using, instead of > abandoning, the City's > heritage Asbury park could be BETTER then it EVER was. > > Better econimically, and that is the ultimate purpose of > redevelopment, to repair a > community's damaged economy. Instead this City is catering to > developers for the benefit > of developers. > > Werner > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/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/