The push to save the plot of land referred to as Bradley Cove took a hit last month when a technicality prevented the Board of Chosen Freeholders the ability to appropriate a matching grant to help fund purchasing the land back from iStar, the waterfront redeveloper. “We applied for matching funds to Monmouth County for […]

Decreases to the proposed Asbury Park parking guidelines were introduced during Monday night’s City Council Workshop Meeting, Councilman Joe Woerner said. They include reducing proposed residential permit rates by $30 and lessening the proposed $3 metered parking rates to $2, Woerner said. The residential permit rates will now run from $90 per year for the […]

Conceptual plans for Asbury Lanes’ restoration were presented to the City Council Monday. The City Council, as the municipality’s redevelopment agency, must approve the plans before they advance to the Planning Board for specific site plan approval. The bowling alley/music and art venue is located on Fourth Avenue between Kingsley and Bergh streets to the […]

The Asbury Park Parking Committee has announced that 2015 Parking Permits will extend through February 1, 2016. Changes to the city’s parking rules are expected to be presented during the City Council’s Workshop meeting on Dec. 7. Parking permits came to the forefront this year after a March parking study conducted by Manhattan-based Desman Associates, […]

A community on the brink of divisiveness came together Thursday night to acknowledge everyone had the best interest of its unemployed in mind. During Thursday night’s City Council meeting members of the community and the governing body took time to address the elephant in the room – viable jobs for those in need. Councilman Joe […]

On the heels of the Asbury Park City Council’s vote to approve the Wesley Lake Commission charter agreement with Neptune, two support groups – The Friends of Wesley Lake and The Citizens of Wesley Lake – are joining forces to support needed initiatives. Wesley Lake, which runs between Ocean Grove and Asbury Park’s south end, […]

The appraisal is in but it’s not what anyone wanting to preserve Bradley Cove had hoped. Councilman Joe Woerner said the average value from two independent appraisers is $3.2 million. This leaves a $1.85 million gap needed to buy back development rights from master waterfront redeveloper iStar Financial. The appraisal figures were determined by gauging […]

Master waterfront redeveloper iStar will seek conceptual approval on Wednesday from the city council for its first oceanfront project. Representatives of the developer appeared at the council’s workshop meeting Monday night to formally present the project to the board. Parking was a main concern of the council, as well as the building’s protection against storm […]

Local developer Pat Fasano is caught between a municipal rock and a corporate hard place. The 15-year developer has sought for two years to construct a Dollar Tree store along Main Street at Fourth Avenue, where the Getty gas station once operated. And while preliminary site plan approval was granted June 1 for the 9,400-square […]

The underlying focus moving forward will be to keep Asbury Park’s spirit and to help create job opportunities and training programs for local businesses and residents, iStar Financial Senior Vice President of Land and Development, Brian Cheripka said during Saturday morning’s Homeowner’s Association meeting at Langosta Lounge. An example of the latter is the Summer […]