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Organizers pre-sold 1,100 tickets, but ultimately close to 4,500 people showed up for the inaugural BouJee FoodieCon food and music festival held last Saturday and Sunday on the lawn behind Russel Hall on Fort Monmouth.

The challenges of redeveloping a 100-year-old former military base took center stage during May’s monthly meeting of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) as representatives for two major projects – Netflix at Fort Monmouth Studios and a new campus for Monmouth Medical Center – requested and received time extensions.

Laughter – and a few tears – permeated the proceedings May 18 when the women’s wing of the Gordon H. Mansfield veteran’s complex on Essex Road was dedicated for Monmouth County Commissioner Lillian G. Burry, who launched and spearheaded the 10-year effort to make the facility a reality.

Until Netflix begins building its planned production facility on Fort Monmouth’s Mega Parcel, someone has to mow the grass.

A new festival that organizers hope will become an annual event will debut on the grounds of Fort Monmouth’s historic Russel Hall June 3 and 4, bringing food, music, and revelers inside the fort’s Oceanport Avenue gates.

While scouting locations for commemorative markers along Fort Monmouth’s new Riverwalk promenade on Parkers Creek, members of Oceanport’s Historical Committee were met with “No Trespassing” signs in the East Gate development. Subsequently, Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) officials launched an inquiry into their origin.

Lillian G. Burry, 87, of Colts Neck, will not run for a seventh term on the Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners and will depart elected office when her current term ends in December.

The pervasive question “What’s happening on Fort Monmouth?” refers not only to redevelopment projects; it is also spurred by the sight of heavy equipment and excavations throughout the 1,126-acre property.

Final negotiations are underway with three potential tenants seeking to be first into the new retail center rising along Oceanport Avenue on Fort Monmouth, according to the property’s owner. 

A hotel, helipad, attractions, a visitor center and retail components are all allowed on the 292-acre Mega Parcel on track to become Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth.