Its Tuesday morning at 6am and lo and behold we are getting more snow tonite into tomorrow. Its going to be about 6 inches when its all done tomorrow am. There is talk about the PATCO High Speed Line being sold. That is a bogus idea in my mind. I think its a nice way to get to the Camden Bus Terminal since NJ Transit is slowly reducing the number of its buses that go to Philly. I agree with this man Kevin Riordan who writes for the Philly Inquirer.

High St near Pine 9pm January 10th 2011

Meanwhile back in Millville, the clean up of the Levoy Theatre collapse began yesterday. The Daily Journal reported on this. It was good to see this process start. There was no reported timeline on when the clean up will finish or when High Street will open again

The preceeding video was from the Daily Journal. The city of Millville and the Levoy Preservation Society are planning to press on with the construction. I suppose that a Summer 2011 opening is out of the question. Let hope for a 2012 opening. Here is a summation of the situation from today's Daily Journal:

Economic Development Director Don Ayres said the city has reached out to all the different public funding sources that contributed parts of the $8.3 million for the construction project. The different sources have committed their support to the project, he said.
The Levoy Theatre Preservation Society is using money from the state Urban Enterprise Zone, the state Economic Development Authority, the Cumberland County Improvement Authority and federal tax credits administered through the National Development Council. The organization also received loans through private for-profit companies.

Here is a video I took last nite around 9pm of High Street near my house. I aloud with my neighbor of what is going to happen to the Tea Room building. Maybe the Levoy could buy out the land with the insurance money and use it as part of the theatre. Frankly that building was pretty ugly on the outside. The Tea Room was a fine business on High Street. Many people I spoke to raved about it but alas, it will be out of business forever.
Here is a letter to the BEN Column in the News of Cumberland County. I like the comment that Jack Hummel says at the end. I think the city and the Levoy are putting their best foot forward and ignoring the pinheads in the DJ forums.

Levoy officials went above the call of duty to extend help for the weekend to displaced tenants at the 120 Fath building.
Mayor Tim Shannon made a special delivery of grocery store gift cards to all of the families that are out of a home.
The mayor said the gift cards were donated by the Levoy Theater as a “gesture of goodwill” in the amount of $75.
The money helped these families with food assistance until Monday when they could pick up checks that may be in the mail for them.
Because the building is still vacant, mail services have been disrupted.
The post office, however, is back on track and the tenants were able to pick up their mail Saturday or Monday.
“They didn’t have to do this, but the Levoy officials are concerned and wanted to go above what they’re already doing,” Mayor Tim Shannon said. “The city’s first concern is of the safety of the building and we want to make sure the tenants can get back in as soon as the building is structurally safe and the utilities are back on.”
Most of the families are living at the County Inn, which is being paid by Ogren Construction, the contractor of the theater.
Some families are living with friends or family members, but all couples and families got gift cards.
— Jim Cook Jr.—


When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Well, off to work now. Its now winter