Thanks, Tommy! It's self-explanatory.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "justifiedright"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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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