Thank you for the words of support for the New Jersey Music Hall of Fame (NJMHOF) www.njmusic.org . We are actively seeking and in negotiation for a spot. I do not think that people are aware of the incredible talent and skills our Board of Director's possess. IMO we have the two foremost and prominent people in the world w/ expertise in music tourism/music museums, i.e., Robert Santelli, Director of Public Programs @ the Experience Music Project in Seattle and Simon Osborne, Property Manager, Speke Hall, U.K. National Trust on the B.O.D.'s.
The Experience Music Project, funded by Paul Allen (Microsoft founder) has propelled Robert to the pinnacle of his profession. The U.K. National Trust owns historic properties throughout the U.K. but Simon runs the music related acquisitions in Liverpool (The Beatles). We are fortunate to have people like this steeping up to the plate. This does not diminish the remaining Board whose music related accomplishments are extremely noteworthy. The NJMHOF will be setting up steering committees and requesting local participation in the very near future. You only need to go back 15 years to understand the amazing progress Liverpool made in developing music tourism into a $200,000,000.00 industry. Liverpool w/ all it's other attractions is $1 Billion in revenue from tourism. The parallels are striking. ----- Original Message ----- From: "dfsavgny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 9:46 AM Subject: [AsburyPark] "Re: applebees, ruby tuesdays ect.-'fo'get it!" > --- In [email protected], "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The requirements for the chains are pretty simple for most - TRAFFIC >> and VISIBILITY. >> >> I can't tell you how many times I've driven down cookman to show >> people what's happenning - makes it a tougher sell - but people have >> to have a clue. Someday, I tell them. Soon. >> >> Outsiders are more impressed with the "progress" as it appears along >> the ocean. Like it or not. > > There is something that could, in conjunction with the redevlopment > plan, that could bring nationals here and truly give AP a diverse tax > base. I am talking about the NJ Music HOF. They are looking for a home > in AP. Clearly, it should be on or near the waterfront. If done right > it will be a major attraction. I see many parallels between AP and > Times Sq before the latter was redeveloped. Both places were at one > time the epicenters of their respective areas and both fell to the > absolute bottom. The NJMHOF coming to AP is as critical as Disney > making a committment to TS. No one else wanted to, but afterwards, > well, you see what happened. A NJMHOF on the waterfront has the > potential to be able to support a broader mix of uses and diversify > our ratable base. If it comes to pass, it would make the waterfront > land even more valuable than it already it, and I suspect, we'll have > to tweak the zoning to permit more commercial uses in the area. We > should all give our support to this project. > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
