[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-16 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tell that to Snooky every time I do a walk through. Here's how I got some trees from Snooky... About 8 years ago, someone from Deal/West Long Branch was going to lose their house. They were selling everything - from the cigar

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-16 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dapawprint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One thing that might help with that is for the City to wake the Tax Assessor up and send him out to re-assess the value of the renovations. THAT would increase the rateable base and show the City some money! (Assuming

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread sandpiper15
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, jandlinap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and noone wants to say that its the people who have in recent years made an investment in buying homes... its those that have gone to the downtown...and made an investment. Actually, both on this board and among

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread dfsavgny
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, oakdorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ralph's ice is like a deli and cheaper. Ralph's has been a staten island icon for several decades. I knew it would be a hit. The crowd on the BW sunday night was amazing. As I've said before, get in now before its too late.

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread lightgrw
Downtown is definitely a big part of it, but one thing that many people doubted is also true. People simply didn't believe that Asbury Park could be a tourist destination again. Let's be honest here. How many people on this board said things like people have given up on Asbury for Point

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread dapawprint
All, I agree that Asbury Park is having a rebirth of tourism. The numbers of people on the boardwalk, last weekend's gridlock; yes, tourism is coming back. This is good, but I still have reservations with regard to the City as a whole. I should place a disclaimer here, lightgrw, that this

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread lightgrw
Glenn, I just wanted to remind some of the folks who truly believed that the idea of tourism being dead that what we've seen this summer was, indeed, tourism. I'm not saying tourism will cure all of Asbury's pains, but it sure will do more than condos in my opinion. Personally, I think

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread dapawprint
Hi Gary, I did not mean to be critical of your post, I agree that tourism is going to help and I agree that the numbers are most certainly increasing. Nice! Naysayers pay attention (in support of Gary) - people are coming! MM promised to help the schools, provide money for cameras among

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread wernerapnj
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dapawprint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gary, I did not mean to be critical of your post, I agree that tourism is going to help and I agree that the numbers are most certainly increasing. Nice! Naysayers pay attention (in support of Gary) - people are

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread Jack Pitzer
Great post! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dapawprint [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I agree that Asbury Park is having a rebirth of tourism. The numbers of people on the boardwalk, last weekend's gridlock; yes, tourism is coming back. This is good, but I still have reservations

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread wernerapnj
Asbury Park appears to be 'Coming Back' because finally the land uses that I recommended be the first step 6 years ago are finally (late) coming to fruition. The industry of Asbury Park has traditionally been to empty visitors wallets and send them home happy. No other community nearby has the

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread dapawprint
Thanks Jack, E Pluribus Unum. - Out of Many, One. We read it on our money every day, few of us know the meaning. Glenn --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, Jack Pitzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great post! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, dapawprint dapawprint@ wrote: All, I

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, wernerapnj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No other community nearby has the assets available and in place to do that in this region to the extent that Asbury Park could. exactly. And room for more. Lots more. The trick will be to develop it - correctly

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread lightgrw
I have and still do agree with you 100% on this Werner. And it's nice to see the crowds even on weekends where people can't say things like yeah but crowds will always come on holidays --- these are tourism built crowds. And it's great to see again... wernerapnj wrote: Asbury Park appears

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread dapawprint
Hey, my pockets were empty when I left two weeks ago.. I came home happy, made a donation to a local cause, promised another and am planning to return this coming weekend! It's working! I am bringing my attack duck this time, so, stay away from my pockets! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com,

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread MarioAPNJ
In a message dated 7/15/2008 8:20:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Great post! And the writing here is getter better and better. IMHO **Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com!

Re: [AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-15 Thread MarioAPNJ
I tell that to Snooky every time I do a walk through. In a message dated 7/15/2008 8:43:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or like my grandmother told me - ...your like your grandfather ...if you had a dime left in your pocket you'd figure out how to spend it...

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-14 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, Do you think there is a market for Brennan's (Monmouth Rd.) to open a deli here. Hooked on their vodka sauce and rice pudding. Well, Brennan's is lsightly different now. Ross left Brennan's and now has all

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-14 Thread oakdorf
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, Do you think there is a market for Brennan's (Monmouth Rd.) to open a deli here. Ralph's ice is like a deli and cheaper. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web,

[AsburyPark] Re: Why AP is coming back.

2008-07-14 Thread jandlinap
--- There is a huge reason why AP is coming back... and noone wants to say that its the people who have in recent years made an investment in buying homes... its those that have gone to the downtown...and made an investment. The beach and the boardwalk have always been here... 3 years