The Asbury Park Music Foundation is in the running to bring back the 10-week summer live music series held in Springwood Avenue Park, organizers announced Tuesday. Sponsored by the national Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, free music concerts were held on the west side drawing attendance from residents across the 1.4 square mile community and […]

In the backdrop, Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family” boomed from the speakers, as neighborhood residents enjoyed a cookout, cotton candy, playground, and fountain during the Springwood Avenue Park grand opening Saturday afternoon. The first park built by the city on the west side of town, the opening coincided Second Baptist Church’s Pre-Father’s Day Festival and […]

Saturday’s grand opening of Springwood Avenue Park will be followed by the Asbury Park Music Foundation’s launch of its Levitt AMP Summer Concert Series. The Grand Opening, held from noon to 2 p.m., will feature music by DJ REEM, food and entertainment, according to organizers. The park is located on Springwood Avenue between Atkins and […]

The Asbury Park Music Foundation’s 10-week live music series this summer at the new Springwood Park will seek community involvement and local business’ support. “The Asbury Park Music Foundation is creating the strategic plan for the series that includes marketing, production, entertainment and community engagement,” organizers said in a written news statement. “The Foundation will […]

Asbury Park Music Foundation [APMF] is among 15 nonprofits awarded a national Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation grant Tuesday. “We are so thrilled,” Executive Director Matthew Hockenjos said. “We are so happy to finally get word of this grant and we can’t thank the public enough because they really got us there with their votes.” […]