Lewes Boat Yard Front Street

LEWES BOAT YARD

FRONT STREET

June 12, 2000 , a non profit preservation group, The Greater Lewes Foundation, announced

it was to purchase the ,Lewes Boat Yard . It was said they were to pay $2.3 million for it.

The purchase of the foundation will end litigation between Lewes and developers, Jim

Kiernan and Ron Moore, who hold an option on it and want to put stores and homes on the

site.

Developers plans were opposed by residents for fear of traffic congestion and a opinion that

the site should be left to “open space” along the canal front.

City council rejected the developers plans who then sued the city.

Greater Lewes Foundation negotiated a deal with the developers and the seller, the Dale

Parsons family, to buy the 1.4 acre parcel. When the purchase is complete in July the foundation plans to turn the property into a park, and turned over to the city, said Joe Stewart, vice chairman of the foundation.

Lewes and the states Open Space Council are to contribute $500,000 toward the purchase

and the foundation will ask the state for $500,000 more in 2001, then hope donations from citizens will generate additional funds. The foundation has received short term funding

from Wilmington Trust to execute the contract.

Stewart also noted that parts of the parcel could be utilized for the Little League fields and

or the Overfalls Lightship Park if wanted.

Abstract: Salisbury Daily Times, Sunday, July 25, 2000, by Ted Bridges, Delaware Coast

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