Fairness In Taxes opposes Mita’s hotel on the boardwalk
Taxpayer group passes resolution supporting traffic study, alternative OCEAN CITY — Taxpayer watchdog group Fairness In Taxes has come out in opposition to a high-rise hotel on the Ocean City Boardwalk. At its Aug. 3 meeting, the Fairness in Taxes (FIT) board of directors approved a resolution with four objectives: protecting the integrity of the […]
Ocean City Council to consider resolution related to Wonderland site
It would consider referring boardwalk property to Planning Board to decide if it is ‘area in need of rehabilitation’ OCEAN CITY — At next Thursday’s City Council meeting, members will consider a resolution that could affect whether Eustace Mita’s plan for a 252-room hotel at the former Wonderland Pier amusement park site may have a […]
Developer Eustace Mita ‘thrilled’ about poll results on Ocean City hotel project
He will make formal application for a redevelopment zone before Ocean City Council in August OCEAN CITY — Eustace Mita was “absolutely thrilled” with the recent opinion poll of Ocean City residents regarding his proposed 252-room, eight-story hotel at the site of the former Wonderland Pier amusement park at Sixth Street and Boardwalk. A day […]
Ocean City 2050 commissions poll: More residents oppose boardwalk hotel than support it
Advocacy group says commissioned census shows 78 percent would rather have family-friendly attractions and entertainment like it has proposed OCEAN CITY — An independent poll commissioned by a local citizens group shows a majority of Ocean City residents are very or somewhat opposed to Eustace Mita’s proposal to build a 252-room hotel at the former […]
Group offers ‘Better Idea’ for Wonderland Pier site
Ocean City 2050’s proposal is for mixed use Wonderland Commons; owner Eustace Mita to make his pitch to City Council Aug. 21, but could present it earlier Editor’s note: This update corrects date of planned presentation of Icona at Wonderland before Ocean City Council. (The presentation date was erroneously reported as Aug. 12.) OCEAN CITY […]
Our View: Competing visions for Wonderland; still one owner, zoning barrier
Ocean City 2050, a local citizens group, has put together an interesting concept for the former Wonderland Pier amusement park site, unveiling a comprehensive plan at a packed meeting Saturday at the Ocean City Free Public Library. The group has proposed Wonderland Commons, a multi-purpose site with a more compact amusement park for young children […]
Ocean City 2050 presenting ‘A Better Idea’ for Wonderland Saturday
OCEAN CITY — With the future of Wonderland Pier at a crossroads, the local citizens group Ocean City 2050 plans to unveil a bold alternative vision for the site at a public meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 21, at the Ocean City Free Public Library. The proposal, titled A Better Idea, offers a fully […]
Citizen groups coalescing opposition to Mita’s boardwalk hotel
In wake of chamber’s conditional support of plan, they’re ramping up efforts, joining together OCEAN CITY — With the Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce throwing its conditional support behind Eustace Mita’s plans for a boardwalk hotel, citizen groups have ramped up marshaling their forces in opposition. Multiple groups have been forming since last August […]
O.C. chamber backs hotel at former Wonderland Pier
OCEAN CITY — The Ocean City Regional Chamber of Commerce has thrown its weight behind a controversial boardwalk hotel project. In a news release issued about 5 p.m. Thursday, May 22, the chamber said members met with Eustace Mita, who owns the former Wonderland Pier amusement park site at Sixth Street and the boardwalk, and […]