Werner how about Long Branch? The similarities between their
beachfront and ours are many. Pier Village, where I went with my
family last weekend, is working very well.
Why do you think it wouldn't work in AP?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
> <justifiedright@> wrote:
> >
> > Jack I understand and respect your feelings as stated above.
But
> with
> > thousands of people going to Red Bank everyday even in the
winter,
> > doesn't that suggest the Red Bank model is a good one?
> >
>
> Tommie, Yes what Red bank did is good for Red Bank. They took
stock in
> being known as a center of commerce and business. They built upon
their
> traditional assets.
>
> However, to suggest that the Red Bank model should be used on AP's
> beachfront is rediculous. AP has a completely different heritage
and
> intrincic set of assets.
>
> This is the falicy subscribed to by far too many people. That
what's
> good for one community, will be good for any other. AP is not
South
> Beach, SoHo, Red Bank or any other place.
>
> What those communities have done is grasp their own identity,
embraced
> it and built upon it with great success. Each in a way uniquely
suited
> to their own heritage.
>
> It is not the type of development that is the common thread of
success.
> it is the philosophical desire to build upon what you have and
what is
> unique that is the common element of success.
>
> This it where AP has failed - trying to copy other's physical
> development instead of following the path of least resistance and
using
> the techniques of building on one's own heritage and unique assets.
>
> Werner
>
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