State finds gold in them there pines.....

[freerider]

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/A1000/529_I1.PDF

SYNOPSIS
Establishes program authorizing lease of historic buildings and structures in State parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.

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[bobpbx]

That might not be a bad thing in one respect. I don't see a prohibition in, say, through maintenence, the Martha Furnace is brought back to full operating life and used as an exhibit several times a year. I'd pay to see that furnace in operation--in the full bloom of her glory you might say. Put a hammer mill right across the causeway, and we are in business.

 

[Boyd]

I don't think that could ever happen. There are only a small handful of people (like us) who have the slightest interest in that kind of thing. A business is not going to make any money refurbishing obscure locations like Martha because nobody would care. And that's a good thing, because if they thought they could make a buck then they'd put up a gate, pave the road and build a "Martha Visitors Center" with a big parking lot and a McDonalds.

 

[46er]

It would be nice if the wording of the bill included a definition of 'leasee'. It casually mentions what a 501c(3) can do, but nothing else. IMO, it should be made clear who may lease, and who in the state will enforce the bill. As it is now, no one actually oversees the operation of 501c(3)'s in the state; the AG does have that responsibility and the IRS regarding tax issues. A similar bill, A763 passed the Assembly last year, primarily due to the failure of Waterloo Village, apparently it never passed the Senate.

I wonder how this will affect Batsto Village and Allaire Village and other 501c(3)'s that occupy state historic buildings? Will they now have to lease the buildings?

 

[skip3]

Seems like a good opportunity for one of you guys to lease Batsto and show the how to do it right

 

[Pan]

What's going on at Batsto? I haven't been there in years. Do they still run the sawmill on special occasions?

One of the last times I went there I found a tree with more hummingbirds in it than I have ever seen in one place before, including the hummingbird place at the Desert Museum here in Tucson. I had never noticed it before, and I was unable to find it again the last time I was there.