>> I do think you missed the most important
part of the redevelopment of AP...and that is the downtown. We have
a vibrant downtown...great shops...great restaurant...and a warm and
friendly atmosphere. So please come back again and see downtown which
will be the real reason AP gets back on the map.
I do plan to come back.
But here is where the parking problem smacks you in the face. Once we
got one of the free hotel parking spaces, we didn't want to leave it. We
didn't want to get stuck in a metered space and be ticketed, or have to
feed it all weekend.
Is there some kind of shuttle between the beachfront and downtown? From
the front of the hotel, there is a long park and some vacant lots - it
makes the rest of AP seem far away and disconnected. No visual cue
about which street to walk up to find the main street of downtown, or
how far away it might be.
I'm sure you must have taxis, but I didn't see one, and the hotel is too
disorganized to offer the level of service where they would recommend
visiting downtown and get you a cab.
We had followed Google map directions to get to the hotel, and they did
took us down Asbury Ave, not Cookman. We didn't see Cookman until we
were on the way out of town.
I see your point about wanting a farmer's market closer to the rest of
the folk that *live* in AP - those are the people that will sustain a
market year-round. How about someone starting a market kiosk in the
beachfront area? Put it in one of those shipping containers everyone
seems to love or hate. Orient it toward providing fresh fruit and veg
to non-cooking visitors for snacking and beach eating. Sell hummus and
dip, cheese, crusty bread, etc. We need something to offset all those
fried clam strips and ice cream drinks. :-)
--Tracy
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