A lot of people roll into Atlantic City touting the next game changer. But there are other, quieter, projects in the works. amysrosenberg discusses 12 that could have impact beginning this summer.
They’re hoping a nearby city-owned plot could even be transformed with recreation — maybe some pickleball courts like the kind that have hundreds waiting for a turn in other shore towns. Why not A.C.?While there have been numerous proposals to bring back Kentucky Avenue, once a bustling home of Black culture known as “KY. and the Curb”,, this one has the backing of Los Angeles-based, Grammy-award winning record producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins.
One of a handful of non-casino restaurants where locals and visitors alike line up daily at 4 p.m. to get a Happy Hour seat, Kelsey’s never seems to have enough space. Small said the project marked a new push to get the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to invest in minority owned businesses. “Bluntly, [the CRDA] has never done anything for minority businesses,” Small said.
Its modern industrial design will feature entertainment, craft beer, gastropub dining, lounge seating and games in a park-like setting. It would be a “showcase for resiliency, sustainable and progressive building design,” and a “model for energy generation and distribution,” according to the four partners, two local and two Los Angeles-based, known as DEEM.
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