Group has threatened to sue over Wonderland, but reaction to council meeting is cautiously optimistic
OCEAN CITY — An advocacy group that has opposed Eustace Mita’s hotel plan is taking a wait-and-see approach after City Council’s vote Thursday night to refer the Wonderland Pier property to the Planning Board. Asked right after the vote at the four-hour meeting if they still planned litigation, as they promised if the former amusement […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ocean City 2050 announces Wonderland site winners
Multi-use entertainment site, capital-raising to replace amusement park OCEAN CITY — The advocacy group doesn’t have any claim to the site, but it does want city officials to know it has ideas about what should replace the former Wonderland Pier amusement park — and it’s not a luxury hotel. The group Ocean City 2050 on […]
A new advocacy group steps up: Ocean City 20250
Joins others concerned about the future of the resort OCEAN CITY — Ocean City 2050 is the newest advocacy group in town. A news release issued Monday, March 3, announced the formation of the group by long-term island residents “committed to preserving the city’s unique identity, promoting responsible growth and advocating for transparency and accountability […]