Friday, February 22, 2013
The Economic Development Authority disputes recent statements made by Oceanport Councilman Joseph Irace.
The Economic Development Authority (EDA) disputes a local official's stance on the relocation of CommVault to Fort Monmouth property in the Feburary issue of "The Fort." "I felt compelled to set the record straight on the state’s financial incentive programs and provide information on the built-in safeguards the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) utilizes to protect the public interest," says Tim Lizura, president and chief operating officer for the EDA, in the monthly newsletter produced by the Fort Monmouth Economic Redevelopment Authority (FMERA). Earlier this month, Oceanport Councilman Joseph Irace spoke out publicly against FMERA's alleged wooing of the borough's second-largest employer to relocate to fort property in …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Next week redevelopers will hold the first of a planned series of tours for the public.
You may have lived within a stone's throw of Fort Monmouth your entire life, and yet never had the opportunity to peak behind the brick and barbed wire. Well, now's your chance. On Jan. 30 the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) will host its first community bus tour of the former Army installation. This is the rescheduled date for a planned November tour which was put off following Hurricane Sandy. The fort saw flooding in about a third of its property. On the upcoming tour, members of the public are invited to see the former post and hear from FMERA staff about the redevelopment effort. Due to the capacity of the buses, tours are limited to 60 members of the public, and seats will be reserved on a first come, first …
Saturday, December 8, 2012
FEMA is expected to make an announcement on Monday about whether it will open up more units at the fort.
The promise of temporary housing for storm victims at Fort Monmouth is showing signs it will become a reality. Oceanport borough is reporting that one of its residents received a call from the Federal Emergency Management Agency about relocating to long term temporary housing at the fort. This signals that the wheels are beginning to turn for displaced people, but not fast enough for many, and not for as many as have a need, says Oceanport's mayor. At its town hall meeting two weeks ago, Oceanport surveyed the needs of its residents and found that 119 were in need of temporary housing. Mayor Michael Mahon called this the "uncounted need" and is hoping his town's survey will convince FEMA to offer up more housing at Fort Monmouth. And if it…
Thursday, October 25, 2012
The Army is slowly releasing its grip on 1,126 acres of prime Monmouth County real estate. Want to know what's happening to it?
Refurbished historic homes, new eateries, sports facilities, a health club, an office park, those are all among the likely new uses for the former Fort Monmouth. Right now the former Army post is more than 1,000 acres of property right smack in the middle of one of the most desirable areas of Monmouth County. But if you are like many residents who live close to the fort, you have no earthly idea what's happening over there. Local governments, schools and the county have all put dibs on their favorite properties. Big business has already secured one plot. Small businesses also are getting in on the action. Redevelopers say they expect to see significant redevelopment of the fort within 10 years — that's new homes, businesses, recreation …
Monday, October 22, 2012
Residents from Long Branch, Little Silver, Shrewsbury and surrounding areas to see the benefit, county says.
If you live east of the parkway, the county says you will see your roads plowed quicker this winter. That's because the county's Department of Public Works is set to move into a former Fort Monmouth facility in Eatontown. When snowplows leave the facility en route to county roads and bridges, County DPW director John Tobia says, plows stay down the whole way. That means more municipal roads cleared sooner. Oceanport Mayor Michael Mahon said at a recent meeting regarding the move, "The location of this facility in inclement weather is absolutely critical... It's presence is going to be crucial. The timing is going to be critical." Currently the county's Tinton Falls location is the only county public works facility to house two public works…
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Monday, October 1, 2012
Patch asked Oceanport Mayor Michael Mahon to tell us why anyone should pay attention to small deals like AcuteCare.
If your only interaction with Fort Monmouth is to stare at it while sitting in Route 35 traffic, you may be tempted to gloss over news stories about its redevelopment. But while you sit idling, there is action behind the scenes that could affect your future job prospects, and those of your children. No new jobs have come to fruition yet, but a potential deal in Oceanport could set a precedent for businesses to settle down within the former Army post. And they will certainly affect the taxes that homeowners pay. Patch asked Oceanport Mayor Michael Mahon to give readers some context about the latest deal that could go through this fall with AcuteCare. You can read more on that story here. Here's our Q & A with the mayor: Patch: Why should …
The deal with AcuteCare could be sealed this fall, but it will be three more years until renovations are complete.
AcuteCare Health Systems claims it can create 200 new Oceanport jobs at the former clinic at Fort Monmouth. But with plans to pour $5 million into its renovation, those jobs could be at last three years away. According to the purchase agreement approved last week by redevelopers, the Lakewood-based company will shell out more than $2.7 million for the property that was once slated for demolition. The health services company says it plans to serve the elderly, veterans and other patients at the new facility. Redevelopers say reusing the property would save them about $1 million in demolition costs. The deal is contingent upon AcuteCare's review of the taxes it will have to pay the municipality. Oceanport Mayor Michael Mahon told fellow …
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The redevelopment authority will move into temporary spaces in Eatontown and Oceanport.
The people in charge of Fort Monmouth's future are moving their offices next week with hopes to be in their permanent main post digs in the new year. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) will move to two separate temporary offices, one in Eatontown near the Sheraton Hotel and one on Army property located on the east side of Oceanport Avenue near Horseneck Point Road. A statement from the authority regarding the move: FMERA will be moving its marketing and real estate operations to its new office at 15 Christopher Way, Eatontown, beginning on September 20, 2012. The temporary location is fully accessible to members of the public, and FMERA’s telephone number remains the same: (732) 720-6350. The remainder of the …
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Eatontown officials bristle at redevelopers' move to eventually lease property to county.
Saying it smells like an amendment to the plan for Fort Monmouth, at least two Eatontown officials voiced their disapproval last week of a lease that will likely lead to a new regional location for Monmouth County's Department of Public Works, right here in Eatontown. But according to the county and redevelopers, this change has been well known for years. The board of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority moved last week to approve a one year lease, with a six month extension option, for the motor pool property of former Fort Monmouth from the Army, with the intent that it will then lease the property to the county for a new home for its highway division. The motor pool once serviced all of the Army vehicles at Fort Monmouth…
Monday, July 9, 2012
Sit tight. It's going to take a while to see the results.
Here's something you should know right off the bat: The redevelopment of Fort Monmouth is a slow process. Slow, like Department of Motor Vehicles — pre-Christie Whitman — slow. There is a lot of filling out of forms and waiting around with a lot of veiled and mysterious movements behind the counter. And that's before any property gets sold or redeveloped. Or before a new job is created there. The latest bit of bureaucracy that redevelopers need to navigate is the Economic Development Conveyance. The EDC is what we would call a business plan and it's chock full of information about the future of that 1,126-acre ghost town in our backyard. Including how redevelopers intend to replace the almost 10,000 jobs estimated to have been lost when …
Itchy Foot Moe
9:04 pm on Friday, February 22, 2013
"Will the retention of this employer really have any impact on businesses from other states coming here?" Probably more than Irace and the Mayor acting like petulant children in the press every time the subject of Ft Monmouth comes up will, since probably the last thing anyone wishing to invest in their future would want anything to do with the toxic environment this windmill tilting is creating… more ›