Yo check this out!... Motorsports Park in Millville?!
Article pieces:
"MILLVILLE -- The municipal airport will be the site of a $100 million motorsports resort park,... Millville officials and developers announced Tuesday... The centerpiece of the plan is Thunderbolt Raceway, a 4.1-mile-long course designed to host a broad range of automotive and motorbiking events beginning in spring 2006... The Millville site is to be an improved version of the VIR, Siegel said..."
>>> For the Full Story:
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/news/storie...ews/551611.html
Poll: (bottom right-hand side)
"Daily Journal Interactive Poll"
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/index.html#
I've been talking to one of the guys on the "green flag committee", JD King, and it looks like things are really moving along. Support from other local racers on this matter is most appreciated... he's asking, "please vote often, and ask members of your circle of friends to vote often".
Translation:
This is so (insert favorate adjective here) Cool!!!
"A public hearing is scheduled for Tuesday June 15 at 7:00 at Millville City
Hall,
12 High Street, 4th Floor Commissioner's Chambers. For more information, the
number is (856) 825-7000. If you live in Cumberland County, please consider
attending this meeting and showing your support for the project."
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-dave
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Millville Raceway... need help!
This is a quote from our Regional Exec from the S. Jersey Region SCCA...
"Subject: South Jersey Region in need
ADVERTISEMENT
Friends and racers,
This in an all out appeal!!
This track is proposed in South Jersey and means a great deal to the local
community, the least of which is the South Jersey Region, SCCA.
Please go to http://www.thedailyjournal.com/ and look on the right side of the
page and submit a "yes" vote, be sure to hit the "submit" button. Even if you've
voted before, please do again, it seems you can vote from the same computer
about every hour. There is a radical group down our way that has resorted to
contacting environmentalist groups that are casting unfavorable votes without
any knowledge of this project, just by word of mouth. Please read the website,
look at the plan and vote knowing that the previous use of this land was to act
as a dumping ground for chicken waste from several delaware facilities.
It will provvide a central location for our autocross events as well as a great
racing facility. The track proposed is not only a track, but a complete package
multi use facility.
Please check www.njmotorsportspark.com park for details. This is a real deal
effort being backed by the priciples behind VIR(Virginia International Raceway)
http://www.virclub.com/ which has been a huge success and the savior of the
Danville area businesses and economy.
Please forward this plea to all avenues of your racecar contacts, message
boards, forums, etc. This survey could be used against our project and give the
naysayers amunition.
Thank you,
JD King
Regional Executive
South Jersey Region SCCA
www.sjr-scca.org
Thunderbolt Raceway - Millville Motorsports Park
Thunderbolt Raceway:
http://www.njmotorsportspark.com/
I hope most of you have heard about this by now, if not then you'll probably be either more excited, or maybe more tentative about getting excited, then the folks who have heard about it.
The town of Millville, NJ has been approached by Harvey Siegel, who is a key figure in VIR's redevelopment, about building a track in Millville, NJ.
A local newspaper reporter for the Star Ledger, Matt Futterman, wrote an article about his impressions about his trip to VIR, about what Thunderbolt would do for Millville's economy, and some back ground information on the track and the progress.
http://www.nj.com/business/ledger/index.ss...27643101600.xml
Don Fauerbach, who visited VIR with Futterman, is a talk-show host for a South Jersey radio station. Don is doing a one-hour show about the Thunderbolt and is requesting folks to call in. Listen tonight, July 20th, on WVLT, (92.1 on the FM band) from 10-11pm.
To call in: 856-696-0092
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-dave
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Millville Motorsports Park (Thunderbolt Raceway) update
Millville Motorsports Park (Thunderbolt Raceway) update
Source: The Daily Journal | http://www.thedailyjournal.com
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?
AID=/20041018/NEWS01/410180308/1002
By Joseph P. Smith (Staff Writer)
[email protected]
MILLVILLE -- Developers proposing to build a $100 million motorsports resort here should learn from city planners tonight whether their conceptual plan is up to speed.
N.J. Motorsports Park LLC is asking the Planning Board to declare its general development plan "complete" as far as meeting basic local ordinance requirements, an important first step in the planning process. There will be no public testimony at the meeting.
A favorable board vote would allow developers to go to the next stage, consisting of one or more special public hearings over the next few months. That will culminate with a crucial vote by the board on whether it accepts or rejects the plan for what would be the largest commercial development in the city's history, after which the developers could pursue the purchase of the land.
City Engineer John Knoop III said Friday that the general development plan being looked at by the board is very similar to a draft submitted in late August. In response to questions from city officials, Knoop said, the developers have included some clarifications.
"They'll say they want 'trackside villas,'" Knoop said, giving one example. "What does that mean?"
Assistant City Engineer Brian Prohowich said developers also have added details about the potential impacts on police and fire services should the $100 million park-like motorsports facility be built.
The N.J. Motorsports Park, whose centerpiece would be a 4.1-mile road course called Thunderbolt Raceway, is planned for 707 acres of city-owned land at Millville Airport. It is billed as a $100 million investment that would create 1,500 full- and part-time jobs to staff hotels, a conference center, restaurants, racing-related businesses and new educational facilities.
Races could begin by late spring or early summer 2006, if the project receives all necessary approvals.
One agency whose approval is needed is the Delaware River & Bay Authority, which operates the airport under an agreement with the city. It is expected to approve a resolution endorsing the sale at a meeting set for Tuesday in Delaware.
Joseph Savaro, a principal in the motorsports development firm, said the resolution calls on the DRBA and city to reach an agreement on the sale, which he called a relatively minor step.
Meanwhile, the Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing the motorsports project. The FAA's approval is needed for airport-based development projects.
Savaro said an application was submitted about two weeks ago. "It's in a binder probably 10 inches thick," he said.
The FAA is expected to take two months to review the application, he said.
Originally published October 18, 2004
Thunderbolt Raceway
http://www.njmotorsportspark.com
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