It was two years ago. Does that mean it didn't happen?
The point is another outsider (DC Firm) tried again to dump another
problem (you) on Asbury Park.
Stay away. You won't like it here.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Lighthouse Mission"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Justified Right would be so kind as to include the date on your
> article within your post.
>
> Thank you
>
> M Rogers
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
> <justifiedright@> wrote:
> >
> > To further highlight what I've said for years, outsiders are
always
> > trying to move their problems to Asbury Park so they don't have
to
> > deal with them.
> >
> > Read below how this Washington DC firm trid to dump Kevin
Brown's
> > Mission on us poor unsuspecting Asbury Parkers (imagine him here
> > instead of Mattision Park. Good Lord!!!):
> >
> >
> > Developer reneges on offer, building swap off
> > Brown says he will keep up fight for church in Bwy arts district
> >
> > BY CHRISTINE VARNO
> > Staff Writer
> >
> > LONG BRANCH A local minister believed he was closer than ever
to
> > building a church, but now finds he hasn't got a prayer.
> >
> > Kevin Brown, Broadway, said he was given a list of 45 properties
to
> > look at by Patience O'Connor of O'Connor & Co., Washington,
D.C.,
> > who is the developing manager for the redevelopment zone in
which
> > his property is located.
> >
> > He was told to decide whether he wanted to exchange one of the
45
> > properties for the building he owns on Broadway, where he has
been
> > trying to establish a place of worship for the past 10 years.
> >
> > There were 35 properties located in Asbury Park, seven in Long
> > Branch and three in Keyport.
> >
> > "I actually found one that I liked in Asbury Park," Brown
said. "I
> > viewed about seven or eight of the suggested properties."
> >
> > "The building I liked was a little smaller than what I own [on
> > Broadway] and it needed just as much work."
> >
> > The building that Brown said could have been the possible future
> > site of his church, The Lighthouse Mission, is located on Bond
> > Avenue and was once a bank. It is located on a 3,000-square-foot
> lot
> > with 6,000 square feet of occupancy space.
> >
> > "It is half of what I have on Broadway, but it was suitable,"
Brown
> > said.
> >
> > The building that Brown owns is on a 5,000-square-foot lot with
> > 11,000 to 12,000 square feet of occupancy space.
> >
> > "The buildings I was viewing ranged in cost from $600,000 to
$1.2
> > million," Brown said. "The building I liked was $850,000. Now
> > [O'Connor and the developers] are saying this is too much
money."
> >
> > Brown said that O'Connor was scheduled to meet with the
developer
> to
> > discuss the swap of properties.
> >
> > "I did not hear from them for two weeks," Brown said.
> >
> > "I got a call [May 4] and was told that the deal was off and
they
> > were going to have my property [on Broadway] appraised. That is
not
> > credible."
> >
> > Brown said this could be the beginning of eminent domain
> proceedings
> > for his property, but not the end of his fight to establish a
> > church.
> >
> > Brown said he has been unsuccessful in establishing a church
> because
> > his building is located in the city's lower Broadway Arts and
> > Entertainment redevelopment zone, which does not permit church
use.
> >
> > "They say worship is not permitted in the theater district,"
Brown
> > said. "What is a church if not a venue for assembly?
> >
> > "If you can assemble for theater, you should be able to assemble
> for
> > worship."
> >
> > In early April, Brown said he was offered the deal by O'Connor.
> >
> > "She suggested to me that it would be great if she could find a
> > place for me where I could be a minister rather than fighting to
be
> > in a ministry," Brown said.
> >
> > According to Brown, O'Connor offered him a swap for his
property,
> > which would call for the designated developers of the zone to
> > purchase property where a religious organization is permitted in
> > exchange for purchasing Brown's building.
> >
> > "She is not doing what she said she was going to do," Brown said
in
> > an interview last week.
> >
> > "So I guess I am staying where I am and I am going to continue
to
> > fight [to establish a place of worship on Broadway in the
> > redevelopment zone]."
> >
> > O'Connor could not be reached for comment by deadline, but
> confirmed
> > in an interview in early April that she was in discussions with
> > Brown.
> >
>
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