The Monmouth County Board of Freeholders has indicated they will support the city’s effort to secure Green Acres funds for the preservation of an area on the city’s northern beachfront. At the July 10 Freeholder meeting, Freeholder Director Lillian Burry stated she instructed both Ed Sampson, director of the County Planning Board, and James Truncer, director […]

Waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial will not submit a letter in support of the city’s attempt to secure a state Green Acres grant to preserve an area of the northern beachfront, leaving the city with little chance of obtaining the funds, according to preservation proponents. The move drew a sharp rebuke from Councilwoman Amy Quinn, who […]

County freeholders conducted their June 26 meeting in front of a packed council chambers in Asbury Park who urged freeholders to assist the city with the preservation of an open tract of land on the city’s northern beach front. The tract comprises roughly .6 acres of beachfront in the Ocean Avenue right-of-way along Asbury Park’s North […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The Rally to Save Asbury Park’s north end beach from development will be held Thursday, June 26th, 7 pm at Asbury Park City Council chambers. Freeholder Burry recently sent an email to all who submitted comments in support of the county’s involvement on the Bradley Cove issue. She claims in the […]

Local environmental activists seeking to preserve a section of the North Asbury beach area from development are calling for the public to attend a meeting of the Monmouth County Board of Freeholders on Thursday in Asbury Park. The meeting — a regular session of the freeholders who make it a practice to hold some of […]

The city is applying for a Green Acres grant to purchase the Bradley Cove and the North End beach area, city manager John “Jack” Kelly announced at the May 21 council meeting. A new round of $100 million in Green Acres program funds was announced earlier this month by the state Department of Environmental Protection. The […]

Editor, Asbury Park Sun, All of the land east of Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park, our beaches and boardwalk,  is public land. In other words, the land belongs to all the people in Asbury Park. All public lands are held in trust for the American people by the federal, state, and local governments. The oceans belong to all […]

City and county officials, along with representatives from waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial, discussed the possibilities for preserving Bradley Cove Tuesday. The meeting comes five months after the city announced its desire to meet with county officials to restart discussion to preserve the land. County officials, however, would not meet with the city unless a representative […]

While city and county officials plan a meeting to discuss a possible joint initiative to preserve an open tract of land on the North Beach of Asbury Park, a new avenue of funding may become available which could allow the city to acquire the land itself. In the spring, $100 million in Green Acres grant funds […]

County representatives will not reschedule a meeting requested by Asbury Park officials to discuss preservation of the Bradley Cove area, as the county counsel has advised that waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial must be present. IStar is the majority owner of master waterfront redeveloper Asbury Partners, which owns land and development rights in the Bradley Cove […]