$231K Rolls In From Belmar's 'Buy a Board' Campaign
Borough looking for donors to pay for boardwalk rebuild
With less than a month of online donation forms, Belmar has already collected nearly a quarter million dollars as part of its "Buy a Board" campaign. Raising $231,000 in about a month, the campaign goes directly toward the costs of rebuilding Belmar's destroyed boardwalk, estimated at $6.6 million. Belmar's boardwalk was destroyed in the surge of Hurricane Sandy, and the borough is using grants, bonds, FEMA reimbursement, possibly increased beach fees and more to help offset the more than $6.6 million cost. The "Buy a Board" campaign is part of that effort, and the borough has set up donor levels ranging from $5,000 to $25. Six "Big Kahunas," the biggest donor level, have come forward, Mayor Matt Doherty said. Board level options are as …
In this Article:
Ron Jacobson
4:37 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
I think the concept is great. I just wish our politicos in Manasquan were smart enough to do the same thing with our town plaza. That fix-em–up comes at a very bad time a big price tag and should have been canceled in light of the burden being placed on taxpayers from the storm. I do not understand why memorial or honor trees can’t be sold to residents and friends to help defray the cost of the … more ›