[AsburyPark] Re: UK Home Foreclosures Increase - Harbinger for US Market?
Here's a cute little story about how a similiar situation in America might play itself out. (note: the source is suspect, but the argument is valid.) http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=16568 Ben Bernanke is walking into a hornet's nest created by Alan Greenspan's incompetence. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Are we next? > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: UK Home Foreclosures Increase - Harbinger for US Market?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Are we next? LONDON (AFP) - The number of British households declaring bankruptcy > because of an unmanageable burden of debt hit a record high last > year, according to official figures. > > ADVERTISEMENT > > The total of 67,580 bankruptcies was 45 percent up on 2004 and the > highest since the statistic began to be recorded 45 years ago. > > Analysts warned the figure could hit 100,000 in the current year, a > new rise of almost 48 percent. > > Steve Treharne, head of personal insolvency at consultants KPMG, > said Saturday: "The bankruptcy bubble is getting bigger, but seems > unlikely to burst for some time yet." > > The number of households who saw their homes repossessed because > they could not meet their mortgage repayments rose by 22 percent in > the second half of 2005 to 5,630. > > The total for the year was 10,260, 70 percent up on 2004. > > Those who fell behind on their mortgage payments increased 20 > percent between the first and the second half of 2005. > > British households' private debt soared to 1.130 trillion pounds > (1.650 trillion euros, 2.011 trillion dollars) following the > Christmas season. On credit cards alone it stands at two-thirds of > the total in the whole European Union. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: NJ foreclosures average 15,000 annually
I work for a non profit housing counseling organization... In good times, as well as bad times, NJ has averaged 15,000 mortgage foreclosures each year. We have judicial foreclosure in NJ, which takes about a year from default (missed payments) until the property is exposed to public auction. Recently, mind boggling appreciation of value, (something I like to call articifial equity) combined with relaxed lending criteria, people have been able to refinance their way out from under, or sell to avoid the forced, public sale. Feel free to visit: www.ForeclosureFocusNJ.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] UK Home Foreclosures Increase - Harbinger for US Market?
LONDON (AFP) - The number of British households declaring bankruptcy because of an unmanageable burden of debt hit a record high last year, according to official figures. ADVERTISEMENT The total of 67,580 bankruptcies was 45 percent up on 2004 and the highest since the statistic began to be recorded 45 years ago. Analysts warned the figure could hit 100,000 in the current year, a new rise of almost 48 percent. Steve Treharne, head of personal insolvency at consultants KPMG, said Saturday: "The bankruptcy bubble is getting bigger, but seems unlikely to burst for some time yet." The number of households who saw their homes repossessed because they could not meet their mortgage repayments rose by 22 percent in the second half of 2005 to 5,630. The total for the year was 10,260, 70 percent up on 2004. Those who fell behind on their mortgage payments increased 20 percent between the first and the second half of 2005. British households' private debt soared to 1.130 trillion pounds (1.650 trillion euros, 2.011 trillion dollars) following the Christmas season. On credit cards alone it stands at two-thirds of the total in the whole European Union. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] EDA Parade Float
Let's build a parade float... USS New Jersey Property... Lets load it with Tea... let's drive around the State, dropping off the tea in conspicuous places for media to see... Just a dramatic idea. Kevin Brown www.freelongbranch.com SPONSORED LINKS Asbury park home Asbury park nj Asbury park hotel Asbury park foreclosure Asbury park real estate Asbury park YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[AsburyPark] Re: Digest Number 1603
"But why is it though that when the remark comes from you I'm left wondering if I missed something else..." Cause I'm well known as a curmudgeon. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP - doomed to failure
"What it needs, and what it could become, is a year-round destination for what can not be found in other places. waterfront locations and other specialized type places are few. Also, the entertainment/cultural (I put NJMHOF in this category) and recreational uses should be stressed and located from Wesley to CH. But we can't dedicate ALL of the pavillions to year-round uses that do not support services for the summer season. The pavillions must contain uses to support beach-going activities and that cannot be done by high-end restaurants " Why do we assume our predecessors got it wrong? The Casino and CH provided year-round events, film, concerts, shows, sports and were prescient in providing an ice rink, the pavilions provided seasonal attractions and support, HoJo's might have been the 1st step toward modernizing and adapting to change. Isn't one of the obvious answers to "What will attract people to the boardwalk on a blustery February day " ice-skating? That facility is structurally sound, beautiful, an attraction in its own right and could easily double as a performance venue. Today we spend more money on recreation, dining out and (the lunacy of) driving than we did during the boardwalk's heyday; surprisingly our developers have gone along with Larry's SOHO meets South Beach theme, albeit a poor-man's version, and begun building a faux urban/suburban mishmash, as though blind to the inherent appeal Asbury offers. Were Larry to succeed and build all 3000+ units before tackling the boardwalk, the results would be a 50 acre cul-de-sac marginally different from Lakewood and doomed to failure; it would sit with marginal views of the ocean, within walking distance of a boardwalk devoid of humanity and necessitating a drive for shopping, dining, film, sport or a hotdog. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
Re: [AsburyPark] Re: APT FOR RENT
Hi all: I have a studio apt for rent on Asbury Ave. Its really nice, inexpensive, close to cookman, and paradise. Thought I would put it out there to the list first. $925 /mo includes utilities. nice people live there. looking for more of the same. call deb@ 917-519-7076 if anyone you know may be interested. thanks deb YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. SPONSORED LINKS Asbury park home Asbury park nj Asbury park hotel Asbury park foreclosure Asbury park real estate Asbury park YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. SPONSORED LINKS Asbury park home Asbury park nj Asbury park hotel Asbury park foreclosure Asbury park real estate Asbury park YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
Re: [AsburyPark] Digest Number 1603
In a message dated 2/6/2006 12:52:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com writes: Message: 11 Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 03:38:50 - From: "Skip Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: Re: Joe D. re. Better Sound is Up"I guess my ability to write in the ironic voice is seriously wanting"To Whom It May Concern: I have always found Maureen to be seriously ironic. Thanks, dahling, Skippy! But why is it though that when the remark comes from you I'm left wondering if I missed something else... Speak up - It's America!!Maureen NevinAsbury Radio -"The Radio Voice of Asbury Park"88.1FM - "5" Years on the Air!!Asbury's Own Live Talk Show601 Bangs AvenueListen 8 - 10 PM Thursdays on 88.1FM orListen Live or Later on the Web http://www.restoreradio.com/Call the show 732-775-0821Call me 732-774-0779 fax 502-0463 SPONSORED LINKS Asbury park home Asbury park nj Asbury park hotel Asbury park foreclosure Asbury park real estate Asbury park YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Joe D'Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jim Aaron is on vacation this week I think. ~Joe Tell him he can take the rest of the year off. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Joe D'Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jim Aaron is on vacation this week I think. ~Joe > Too bad not permanently. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I agree with you. The boardwalk needs to have some seasonal stuff; however, > the reason why something like the Music Hall of Fame could work on the > boardwalk and attract people year round is pretty simple. I don;t disagree with you and I think that the Casino or Paramount would be ideal for it. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
Re: [AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
Also, the entertainment/cultural (I > put NJMHOF in this category) and recreational uses should be I agree with you. The boardwalk needs to have some seasonal stuff; however, the reason why something like the Music Hall of Fame could work on the boardwalk and attract people year round is pretty simple. 1) New exhibits bring back regulars plus attract new people 2) Special events such as the annual induction of artists into the hall (remember - the Miss America beauty pageant was originally just a marketing idea to extend the summer season a bit longer) 3) Tie ins with the local music venues (Stone Pony, Saint, Wonder Bar, Crossroads, etc.) that already exist year round 4) Conventions and music festivals like a South by Southwest Basically, music has somehow managed to exist in Asbury Park for decades even when nothing else seemed to work. It makes a lot of sense to build upon the city's musical past and current setup. Why look for something new to have to market from the initial idea? Asbury Park and music is already a brand. This is where people like DJ are simply wrong. It would cost a fortune to build up the marketing branding that Asbury Park and music have. It is a resource the NEEDS to be utilized because it can be done in a positive manner that would benefit most everyone (restaurants, hotels, shops, etc.) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
At 6:10 PM + 2/6/06, dfsavgny wrote: >...Well maybe not my right arm, but I would like to be there. Aaron knows >what to do but he has not had the will to do it. That's why the City >should have set up a separate task force made up of professionals to >advise them as well. They couldn't pay for some of the advice they have >been getting for free from people. I hope they see past the rhetoric >and realize what valuable advice they have been getting from critics. Jim Aaron is on vacation this week I think. ~Joe Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The problem is: What will attract poeple to the boardwalk on a > > blustery February day like today? > > > > I can think of one thing :) > My mind is perpetually in the gutter, so I'll pass on guessing. Don't get me wrong, I am not against year-round uses or suspect that ALL such uses would not work. However, it could never become a year- round shopping destination. What it needs, and what it could become, is a year-round destination for what can not be found in other places. While restaurants can, waterfront locations and other specialized type places are few. Also, the entertainment/cultural (I put NJMHOF in this category) and recreational uses should be stressed and located from Wesley to CH. But we can't dedicate ALL of the pavillions to year-round uses that do not support services for the summer season. The pavillions must contain uses to support beach- going activities and that cannot be done by high-end restaurants, regular retail (which will not work all year) or entertainment and cultural uses. There has to be places to get ice cream, hot dogs and soda and rent chairs and umbrellas. Also, it would be beneficial to have some great public spaces in the pavillions to sit, et, change, etc. Each has its place and you just have to do what Asbury Partners has not done, that is, get off its ass. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP editorial on Vision for AP
Hi. I am not a 'regular' poster and I don't live in Asbury but I feel a connection to it from many years spent there. I don't understand why the 're-development' must be so far- reaching. Asbury Park has charm, it's near the ocean and the boardwalk, why can't it just be a nice place to live? Why does every inch of it need to be redesigned? Truthfully, having removed that Johnny Cash-Vaccaro-Michael Jackson bankrupted- obstruction alone from Ocean Avenue could probably contribute - with time - to a turn around. Why can't a few things be done and then let it gradually take course? I guess for those who have invested and just want to 'flip' properties or for big developers, that's not their goal. But that's the way I see it unfolding in a way that doesn't displace the community and helps build upon it. Cathryn. > > Message: 25 >Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:42:16 - >From: "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP > > Gary I agree with you 100% on year round rather than seasonal. We > won't have the hotels/boarding houses to support the weekly stay- > over type of seasonal that you have in Ocean City, Wildwood etc. > > Year round will attract daytrippers. Considering that Monmouth > County alone is more populated than Boston and has a much higher > median income, we can sustain year-round business. > > I know I am the only individual in the world that wants to > see "Short Hills Mall at the Shore" on our boardwalk - something > new, different and fantastic to get people buzzing. Since I have > exactly zero supporters of that idea I know it won't happen (so no > reason for people to jump on me for posting it, either :-)). At > least many people are on board with the idea of year round > businesses as oppossed to seasonal. > > The problem is: What will attract poeple to the boardwalk on a > blustery February day like today? > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: Better Sound is Up
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Joe D'Andrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Without the disclaimer, one can only read the words for what they are. Besides... the message from Maureen ended up in my "inbox" before I also read it on the Asbury Park yahoo group. Since I had been in communication with both Maureen and Pete Walton over the quality of the audio (both over-the-internet and later-on-line) this looked like a personal reply. What should I have thought? While she never indicated that the complaints -- and I'd characterize my communications as recommendations and not complaints -- were not valid, she in as much said they were by her use of the word "perceived". > Humor is not her strong point. Kiss and make up ;) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dan I do have great faith in Ed and Jimmy, but I have to admit I would > give my right arm if they would let you and me on the negotiatiing > team. > Well maybe not my right arm, but I would like to be there. Aaron knows what to do but he has not had the will to do it. That's why the City should have set up a separate task force made up of professionals to advise them as well. They couldn't pay for some of the advice they have been getting for free from people. I hope they see past the rhetoric and realize what valuable advice they have been getting from critics. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dan, that's a great idea and I'd support it, but I think I'm the wrong > guy to spearhead it. The Press would have the built in excuse that it > is just the triCity chihuahua trying to nip at the paw of the Great > Dane. Just write the petition. You don't have to spearhead it. BTW, what is DJ trying to take all the credit for the recent move of the Council? What about those who have been punding away for years (not me)? Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
Re: [AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
> The problem is: What will attract poeple to the boardwalk on a > blustery February day like today? > I can think of one thing :) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tom, how about writing up a petition to Gannett/APP complaining about > Nancy's reporting and demanding better unbias coverage? I am sure > someone (Skip?) here could put it up on a site for people to sign and > we could submit it? Dan, that's a great idea and I'd support it, but I think I'm the wrong guy to spearhead it. The Press would have the built in excuse that it is just the triCity chihuahua trying to nip at the paw of the Great Dane. Better if it comes from people not associated with a paper. The ultimate goal would be to get so many signatures that the Star Ledger decides it's time to start a Monmouth section. That's my dream, anyway. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Also, I think the nuance of what you suggested in Partners accepting > the claim of default was lost. I think what you were suggesting is > like when a claim of eviction or foreclosure is written into a > contract up front so if the conditions are met, the process is > shorter. Dan you once again prove to me that your knowledge of law is very deep. Did you study law at some point in your life? I'm so glad you picked up on the above. The others didn't understand it fully. Exactly as you point out we do this with evictions all the time. Landlord sues for eviction - tenant begs for 3 months to catch up on the rent. Landlord says OK, but you have to first admit the default in writing so that if you don't come up with the money, I get to just file the default papers without having to start the Court process all over again. I was suggesting that if we don't default Asbury Partners now and make them work under the default, at least get them to sign a similar consent ot enter default if they fail to perform on the new agreement to be negotiated. Dan I do have great faith in Ed and Jimmy, but I have to admit I would give my right arm if they would let you and me on the negotiatiing team. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
Gary I agree with you 100% on year round rather than seasonal. We won't have the hotels/boarding houses to support the weekly stay- over type of seasonal that you have in Ocean City, Wildwood etc. Year round will attract daytrippers. Considering that Monmouth County alone is more populated than Boston and has a much higher median income, we can sustain year-round business. I know I am the only individual in the world that wants to see "Short Hills Mall at the Shore" on our boardwalk - something new, different and fantastic to get people buzzing. Since I have exactly zero supporters of that idea I know it won't happen (so no reason for people to jump on me for posting it, either :-)). At least many people are on board with the idea of year round businesses as oppossed to seasonal. The problem is: What will attract poeple to the boardwalk on a blustery February day like today? --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Lighty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > There can be a concentrated entertainment district proximate to the > > boardwalk. Restaurants would also work (power plant, etc. along > > Ocean). But the pavillions should mainly provide seasonal retail and > > public spaces. I think a restaurant could work in CH as well year > > round. > > > > While Asbury Park and most of the Jersey Shore has always been a seasonal > business, times have changed and the outlook may be different now. There > are far more people living year round in Monmouth County now than at any > time in the past 50 years - plus more in the last 15 years. While Monmouth > County used to be just a seasonal outpost for North Jersey, it has now > become a year-round home for many. Thus, a well designed area could hold > business all year long. > > The idea that Asbury Park has always been seasonal should be put aside since > most of the Shore was always seasonal and that has changed in the last 20 > years. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Default could turnback the clock on Redev?
Tommy - Either you or the Asbury Park Press is wrong about the outcome of a declaration of default. If it's the Press, you must respond to this editorial. Maureen Coming up short on "vision thing" Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 02/5/06The Asbury Park City Council is holding the feet of beachfront redeveloper Asbury Partners to the fire. For the sake of the city, and for its own sake, Asbury Partners can't let its toes get any closer to the flames. The city, discouraged by the lack of progress on the rehabilitation of Convention Hall, the Casino and the reconstruction of the five boardwalk pavilions, has wisely insisted on negotiating a detailed time frame for the start and completion of work on the boardwalk buildings, along with penalties for failure to meet deadlines. On Wednesday, Asbury Partners was given two weeks to draft an agreement acceptable to the city. Without such an agreement, Asbury Partners faces a default on the renovation portion of the plan. Should that happen, it would further retard the sale of the condominiums at the three major projects, which have already been slowed by the uncertainty surrounding the reconstruction of the boardwalk buildings. In a worst-case scenario, it could turn back the clock several years on the beachfront redevelopment. It's disturbing that it has come to this. Not only has there been no progress on the two anchors of the boardwalk — Convention Hall and the Casino — but there has been no evidence of a coherent business plan or marketing strategy for the retail-entertainment portion of the redevelopment zone. Without a strong commercial component, the success of the residential component is in jeopardy. One can't succeed without the other. Asbury Partners' "SoHo meets South Beach" concept has visceral appeal. But that model seems destined to fail if Asbury Partners is intent on turning the boardwalk area into a year-round destination. South Beach has beach weather 12 months a year; Asbury Park is lucky if it gets 12 decent weeks. SoHo and South Beach both have tens of thousands of potential patrons, people living within walking or subway distance of its shops, restaurants and nightclubs. Asbury Park has fewer than 17,000 residents, is relatively inaccessible and is largely devoid of pass-through traffic. For the Asbury Park entertainment-retail component of the beachfront to succeed as a year-round venue, it will require a different formula — one based on unique attractions that will draw from well beyond the city and county's borders. The formula must be rooted in music, food and entertainment attractions that can't be found anywhere else nearby. It requires a vision that Asbury Partners has yet to demonstrate it possesses. Getting Asbury Partners to commit to a time frame for the rehabilitation of boardwalk buildings is essential. But it isn't enough. The city must insist that Asbury Partners develop a credible business and marketing model. Speak up - It's America!!Maureen NevinAsbury Radio -"The Radio Voice of Asbury Park"88.1FM - "5" Years on the Air!!Asbury's Own Live Talk Show601 Bangs AvenueListen 8 - 10 PM Thursdays on 88.1FM orListen Live or Later on the Web http://www.restoreradio.com/Call the show 732-775-0821Call me 732-774-0779 fax 502-0463 SPONSORED LINKS Asbury park home Asbury park nj Asbury park hotel Asbury park foreclosure Asbury park real estate Asbury park YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
"I am sure someone (Skip?) here could put it up on a site for people to sign and we could submit it?" I would/will but this would be more effective/credible if one of the guys more skilled in web design were to format and host it; if this were done I would gladly link to it to help spread the word. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: Where's Kushner?
" Charlie is still in jail." Wish memory would cooperate, I read recently that Charlie is in jail working as a kosher cook and receives weekly visits from his family I was just wondering if Charlie is still in jail. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: Better Sound is Up
At 2:16 PM + 2/5/06, dfsavgny wrote: >...Joe, I think Maureen was being tongue-in-cheek on that post. You were >not the only one complaining. I did several times to her during the >show, right afterwards and the next morning and day. Maureen never led >me to believe that she didn't believe the complaints were valid, in >fact, she was immediately concerned about it. Her post was obviously >an attempt at humor that was mispinterpreted. That's why e-mail that might be misinterpreted should carry a disclaimer. Smilies usually suffice ;-). Without the disclaimer, one can only read the words for what they are. Besides... the message from Maureen ended up in my "inbox" before I also read it on the Asbury Park yahoo group. Since I had been in communication with both Maureen and Pete Walton over the quality of the audio (both over-the-internet and later-on-line) this looked like a personal reply. What should I have thought? While she never indicated that the complaints -- and I'd characterize my communications as recommendations and not complaints -- were not valid, she in as much said they were by her use of the word "perceived". Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: Where's Kushner?
I was just wondering if Charlie is still in jail. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: Where's Kushner?
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 2/4/2006 12:27:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, > AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com writes: > Message: 14 >Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 22:51:24 - >From: "theshortsalepro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Kushner's new Vp of Redvelopment, > > Anyone know where her boss is? And, why? > You're kidding, right? If you're not, go to AsburyRadio.com/site directory/ > Kushner > Maureen > > Speak up - It's America!! > Maureen Nevin > Asbury Radio -"The Radio Voice of Asbury Park" > 88.1FM - "5" Years on the Air!! > Asbury's Own Live Talk Show > 601 Bangs Avenue > Listen 8 - 10 PM Thursdays on 88.1FM or > Listen Live or Later on the Web http://www.restoreradio.com/ > Call the show 732-775-0821 > Call me 732-774-0779 fax 502-0463 > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
Re: [AsburyPark] Re: help
thanks for the infodfsavgny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "blacktip62" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> i was wondering if anyone knew someone with either the press or the > coasterNancy Shields cover AP for APP. You can email her. I think you can find her email online at www.app.com. The Coaster's website is www.thecoaster.net. YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. SPONSORED LINKS Asbury park home Asbury park nj Asbury park hotel Asbury park foreclosure Asbury park real estate Asbury park YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "AsburyPark" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does > the Asbury Park Press get anything in the world right? Tom, how about writing up a petition to Gannett/APP complaining about Nancy's reporting and demanding better unbias coverage? I am sure someone (Skip?) here could put it up on a site for people to sign and we could submit it? Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> When you see me tomorrow bald on one side of my head it's from > pulling my hair out. > Then you will be accused of copying me. Seriously, it's pitiful. Last night I listened to the archive (the good copy) of Maureen's last show again and noted the criticisms of APP's coverage. Months ago I began feeding Nancy the FACTS through emails and she would still get it wrong. As Maureen says, its dilberate and nothing but spin. I suggested Nancy stick to traffic reports. Also, I think the nuance of what you suggested in Partners accepting the claim of default was lost. I think what you were suggesting is like when a claim of eviction or foreclosure is written into a contract up front so if the conditions are met, the process is shorter. The 60 days to remedy the default in the RA is only IF Partners does not dispute the claim of default. If it does, the issue goes to arbitration and if they are found in default, then it has 60 days to begin remedy. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
[AsburyPark] Re: APP Editorial on Vision for AP
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" wrote: > > I guess the Press was just tipping their hand of what their headline will say if default is used. > > Oh my God! Please forgive me for taking the Lord's name in vain. I > apologize for that, but I want to scream much worse right now! Does > the Asbury Park Press get anything in the world right? Anything? > Turn back the clock? It starts the clock!!! I waste countless > hours of my life trying to ensure everyone knows that default in > this case doesn't move Asbury Partners out, it forces them to get > work. All those hours down the drain because the county's only > dialy newspaper gets it all wrong, and I'm powerless to stop them. > > When you see me tomorrow bald on one side of my head it's from > pulling my hair out. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> 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/
