Tag: Eatontown

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.

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.

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.

The U.S. military’s downing of a Chinese spy balloon and other unidentified aerial objects across North America over the past several weeks has many looking skyward.

The YMCA of Greater Monmouth County celebrated the life and legacy of civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by honoring community leaders and students striving to uphold his ideals.

During its final meeting of the year last night, the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) was poised to vote on a Purchase and Sale & Redevelopment Agreement (PSARA) with Netflix for the fort’s 292-acre Mega Parcel in Eatontown and Oceanport.

During the past decade of redevelopment at Fort Monmouth, various projects have evolved based on factors from changing market conditions to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) maintains a master Reuse Plan for the 1,126-acre fort, attempting to balance the needs and desires of developers with neighbors in Eatontown, Oceanport and Tinton Falls.

Netflix and the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) confirmed yesterday that the entertainment firm is the top bidder for the 292-acre Fort Monmouth Mega Parcel spanning portions of Eatontown and Oceanport, with the intention of constructing a production facility. Many steps remain before a sale is finalized.

When federal authorities got court approval to shut down the Envigo breeding and research facility in Cumberland, Virginia, in July, it was all hands on deck to find homes for the more than 4,000 beagles housed there.