Month: August 2019
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Demolitions and construction side by side?
This article published last fall in North Jersey.com hints at the expansion of the oyster industry here at Money Island. Since then, we’ve seen the greatest expansion of oyster industry infrastructure investment here at Money Island ever with an elevated roadway and dock construction. Indications are this is only the beginning of the expansion. Today…
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Dealing with the accelerating pace of change
The world is changing at an increasingly rapid pace; a pace of change unlike anything our brains have processed before. I notice that my friends and family who most highly value traditions, memories, law, the Constitution, etc. have the most trouble dealing with the mental process of accelerating change. I’m beginning to think that the…
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State government has been tough on South Jersey boardwalks
Late last year the NJ state government shut down the boardwalks at Money Island. This came as a shock to the local residents and commercial fishermen who relied on the boardwalk. Ours aren’t anything elaborate, just about 600 feet of elevated walkways between roadway and water. We already had financial support from private and nonprofit…
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Tony Novak is the speaker at Tri County Rotary, Vineland NJ, Tuesday August 20, 2019
INTRODUCTORY BIO Tony Novak is an activist at the Delaware Bay facing the challenges of bringing citizens, government, nonprofits together to agree that the old methods are not working and change in thinking is required to stabilize and restore the enormous resources of the Delaware Bay. His work in New Jersey focuses on Money Island…
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Goodbye JD
We said goodbye to JD tonight. Over the past ten years our cocker spaniel soaked up more love in our house than I knew was possible. Every day had to start with a full body massage and belly rub in bed. Early evenings and Sunday mornings he was riveted by his favorite animal TV shows.…
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Tension over the Downe docks
It’s no secret that the marinas and supporting businesses all along the NJ bayshore are struggling. The classic predictable human response to environmental pressures is increased tension among members of the community. That’s not unique to us. It happens everywhere. But the environmental pressure is certainly increasing and tensions are rising. The watermen here, pushed…
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The new search for spiritual inspiration by spreading the story
The final blow was when I heard a report, also unconfirmed, that government will step up its financial assault on the few remaining local marinas.
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New thinking required to cope with bayshore transition
Tony Novak CPA is available to speak with community and business groups on strategies for stabilization and recovery from our long period of decline.