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Asbury Park residents urge council to enforce redevelopment agreements, preserve Convention Hall and casino
Summary
Multiple residents told the City Council the waterfront casino and Convention Hall are being neglected by Madison Marquette and urged the city to use redevelopment-agreement default remedies, with redevelopment counsel scheduled to present options next week.
Public comments at an Asbury Park City Council meeting centered on calls for the city to enforce redevelopment agreements and protect landmark waterfront properties the community says have been neglected by developer Madison Marquette.
Several speakers recounted decades of redevelopment history and argued the council already has contractual tools to declare default, repurchase properties and strip redevelopment rights. Charles Latta, who said he helped form a nonprofit to try to save the buildings decades ago, warned the town will lose the structures without aggressive action and…
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