Post by wildre on Apr 7, 2005 7:06:00 GMT -5
Some more great news!!!!
This is in todays AC Press-
Wildwood wins tug of war for doo-wop building
By TRUDI GILFILLIAN Staff Writer, (609) 463-6716, E-Mail
WILDWOOD CREST - Citing unforeseen costs and a desire to cooperate with neighboring Wildwood, Borough Commission has handed back the money set aside to rebuild the old Surfside Restaurant here.
The 1960s-era building, which used to sit at the corner of Lavender Road and Ocean Avenue, was disassembled and its basic structure stored in a Vineland storage facility in 2002 in hopes that it would be resurrected as the new borough information center and museum at Rambler Road and the beach.
The Byrne Fund for Wildwood Inc. offered $420,000 to support the project, but in a resolution passed Wednesday morning, the commission said the additional costs would have been "adverse to the financial best interest of the residents."
Commissioner Don Cabrera said Wednesday the scope of the project changed from the original plan and about $250,000 would be needed to supplement the fund's grant and rebuild the restaurant and complete the interior.
The resolution then said that in a spirit of cooperation with Wildwood and the Doo Wop Preservation League, it would return the remainder of the original grant so that the Surfside could take on a new life in Wildwood.
The preservation league sent a letter to the borough explaining its intentions for the building, Borough Clerk Kevin Yecco said.
Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. has said the Surfside's new home would be in Fox Park across from the Wildwoods Convention Center on Ocean Avenue.
The city, which has grant money to support the reconstruction, plans to build a band shell there and the Surfside would be affixed to the new venue while still serving as a doo-wop museum operated in conjunction with the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts.
Cabrera said he was a little disappointed that the Surfside would not be coming back to the borough, but in the end it remained an important project that would be good for Wildwood and the entire island.
"I think the (preservation league) wanted to get this thing rolling as soon as possible," Cabrera said.
Meanwhile, he said the borough is talking to the Byrne Fund about other project ideas connected to the culture and history of the island.
Tom Byrne, a director of the Byrne Fund, said Wildwood is applying to the fund for the grant money that had been originally given to the borough and that the fund would again provide $420,000 for the project, if necessary. Some of the original grant was used for design and engineering work by Wildwood Crest.
This is in todays AC Press-
Wildwood wins tug of war for doo-wop building
By TRUDI GILFILLIAN Staff Writer, (609) 463-6716, E-Mail
WILDWOOD CREST - Citing unforeseen costs and a desire to cooperate with neighboring Wildwood, Borough Commission has handed back the money set aside to rebuild the old Surfside Restaurant here.
The 1960s-era building, which used to sit at the corner of Lavender Road and Ocean Avenue, was disassembled and its basic structure stored in a Vineland storage facility in 2002 in hopes that it would be resurrected as the new borough information center and museum at Rambler Road and the beach.
The Byrne Fund for Wildwood Inc. offered $420,000 to support the project, but in a resolution passed Wednesday morning, the commission said the additional costs would have been "adverse to the financial best interest of the residents."
Commissioner Don Cabrera said Wednesday the scope of the project changed from the original plan and about $250,000 would be needed to supplement the fund's grant and rebuild the restaurant and complete the interior.
The resolution then said that in a spirit of cooperation with Wildwood and the Doo Wop Preservation League, it would return the remainder of the original grant so that the Surfside could take on a new life in Wildwood.
The preservation league sent a letter to the borough explaining its intentions for the building, Borough Clerk Kevin Yecco said.
Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano Jr. has said the Surfside's new home would be in Fox Park across from the Wildwoods Convention Center on Ocean Avenue.
The city, which has grant money to support the reconstruction, plans to build a band shell there and the Surfside would be affixed to the new venue while still serving as a doo-wop museum operated in conjunction with the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts.
Cabrera said he was a little disappointed that the Surfside would not be coming back to the borough, but in the end it remained an important project that would be good for Wildwood and the entire island.
"I think the (preservation league) wanted to get this thing rolling as soon as possible," Cabrera said.
Meanwhile, he said the borough is talking to the Byrne Fund about other project ideas connected to the culture and history of the island.
Tom Byrne, a director of the Byrne Fund, said Wildwood is applying to the fund for the grant money that had been originally given to the borough and that the fund would again provide $420,000 for the project, if necessary. Some of the original grant was used for design and engineering work by Wildwood Crest.
