Letter from the President - Fall 2022

Pary Tell

Hi everyone,

It’s hard to believe it’s been almost a year since we reorganized and changed our name to Preserving the Wildwoods: A Community Alliance to better reflect our mission to preserve the architectural, historical, and cultural legacy of the Wildwoods. Over the past months, we were pleased to receive a grant from the Cape May County Division of Culture & Heritage to produce panels which showed before and after pictures and text which told the history of 10 buildings in Wildwood. Our timing was fortuitous since 2022 marked the first year of a three year Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) in Wildwood and our panels fit into their plans for Pacific Avenue. Because of this, the NPP also gave us funding for the project. We are now applying for a grant for 2023 to expand the project and include informational signage on some of Wildwood’s historic parks.

We participated in several outreach events and were heartened by the amount of support from the community for our mission. A significant effort by our Vice President Taylor Henry resulted in the saving of the “pizza slice” building and we’re happy to report that the Oceanview Motel, formerly the Admiral East, in Wildwood Crest has been saved from demolition.

We also want to thank William Cohen for all his work in creating our coloring book from the work of John Oliveri. The book describes all the different types of architecture found on the island. We gave them to children at one of our outreach events and one little boy said, “Look, it’s Nana’s house.” Just the reaction we were hoping for.

As the busy season is winding down, we hope you’ll join us for our annual meeting in November so we can meet all of you and thank you in person for your support in our first year.

Pary Tell

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