Liquor License Created for Potential Hotel in Montclair [Poll]
Mayor Robert Jackson said potential investors want to be assured if a hotel is constructed at Centro Verde, a liquor license will be available.
If the Montclair Center Gateway Project includes a hotel, the owners will have a liquor license waiting exclusively for them. The Montclair Council passed legislation Tuesday to create a new liquor license for a hotel in town. State law allows township’s to issue a new liquor license to any hotel or motel that contains at least 100 guest rooms. Mayor Robert Jackson said investors are considering constructing a hotel in the pending Gateway Project, also known as Centro Verde. While no official decision has been made, Jackson said “potential investors want to be assured that should a hotel be constructed, the governing body would be amenable to providing them a liquor license. “A hotel has been bandied about for years, and I think it would…
ira shor
7:19 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
Why is more commerce good for everyone? Hotels offer cheap-labor jobs--chamber-maids, bellhops, waiters/waitresses, janitors, etc., not high-wage jobs. Hotels bring in transient traffic and not local people. Every dollar spent on our public schls, public parks, shady and safe streets, and town service enhances the appeal and value of our homes. 100-room hotels is not why families move to … more ›