Werner, I share your dissapointment with what has not been
accomplished over the past five years. But we are where we are and
can't judge what's being done now by MM through the lens of where we
should have been had the past five years been different. That is
both unrealistic and unfair. MM has been here for less than a year.
They appear to be trying - for the first time someone is making a
real commitment and effort in my opinion. They don't have a magic
wand or a time machine. By your standards unless they can step back
in time and redo the past five years nothing they do will be right.
In less than a year they have demonstrated a commitment to making
things happen. Rome was not built in a day and neither will Asbury
Park be restored in a year. I may not agree with everything they do -
nobody will - but on the whole they should get credit and community
input not criticism for the past failures of Asbury Partners.
And regardless of who gets the revenue - it is critical that people
keep coming. The boardwalk was alive this weekend - the first
weekend in November. It should have been a ghost town down there.
You may think it doesn't matter but it does. Momentum is a very real
thing and I'm glad they are trying to continue to build it and not
just closing up shop through the fall.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "wernerapnj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <hinge98@> wrote:
>
> > Madison Marquette is working hard to bring us a nicer boardwalk. I
> stand behind their
> > recent efforts, and I'm not going to rush to judge things.
> ==========
>
> All thats been done is yet more paint jobs and 'temporary' repairs
to
> the 5th Ave Pav. OK, the 'Plaza' (that's supposed to be green acres
> space). The Casino/ConHall projects should have been started 5 years
> ago. OK yes I'll give them credit for getting that jump started.
> ==========
>
> > Our boardwalk area was a hotbed of positive activity this weekend,
> ranging from the
> > concerts at CH, scenes from the movie Greta being filmed along the
> boardwalk, and the
> > BMX tournament at the Casino. The BMX event brought people in from
> all over the country
> > and world.
> ==========
>
> The bottom line is that the City (The Taxpayers) are getting the
short
> end of the stick. All the events, movie sets, rentals, etc, on the
> beachfront are benefiting Asbury Partners.
>
> They are the owners/landlord of those properties, not the City. The
> bulk of revenue is going to Partners/MM.
>
> The assessed base of all those properties does not increase with the
> increased revenue generation for the owners.
>
> The spill over effect of benefit to the City only happens in the
beach
> season when the City collects beach badge fees.
>
> From a marketing perspective, Yes, exposure is great but again the
> PLAN that was banked on was to have 1000s of tax producing condos.
>
> How will all these 'nice' events SIGNIFICANTLY help to get the CITY
> (Taxpayers) out of the economic hole that's been dug?
>
> Werner
>
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