--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Gary Wien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> We had a group trying to get a New Jersey Music Hall of Fame set up
> in Asbury Park for several years. All we ran into was negativity
...
==============================================================
The most detrimental thing to occur in Asbury Park was the appointment
of Terry Weldon as City Manager followed by the election of a novice
new Council.
Prior to that I had brought in 2 credible developers, Ron Berman and
Bill Sitar, with the support of the former Council and Manager. These
2 developers alone would have restored Asbury Park by this time.
Those developers both had a vision that included Asbury Park's
heritage, landmarks and identity. Mr. Berman redeveloped the historic
Roebling Factory Complex in Trenton, owned a hockey team and wanted to
restore the entire Casino.
Mr. Sitar is one of the largest commercial realors in the State with
international affiliations. He wanted to restore the Palace
Amusements, going so far as to purchase the original Ferris Wheel and
Carousel and transfort them back to NJ.
Starting at those two key projects would have had a domino effect
throughout the entire beachfront. Using their own resources and
connections this entire redevelopment would most likely be
substancially complete by now.
We would be looking at a very different Asbury Park than we have today
and the Public would still own its assets that have been sold off.
Terry Weldon and the new Council viewed all of this potential as part
of the "old administration" and rejected anything restoration or
preservation oriented, including me as City Historian. The new
direction was dictated by Weldon, who had no City Management
experience, and ended up being the "DEAL" with Asbury Partners.
Condos virtually everywhere.
Just a little back-up amd history lesson to support Gary's experiences
of the 'negativity of the City'. They had an opportunity to make
Asbury Park a great tourism destination and they did not see it.
Werner
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> 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/
