Big Mistake

02/11/2026

A great first step, looking forward to hearing more from this subcommittee.

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01/29/2026

Calling all OC-residents! We encourage you to join this meeting if you're in town.

Reminder!!! Join us for the first public meeting of the Ocean City Boardwalk Subcommittee on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. at the Ocean City Free Public Library.👋

Come hear updates on research and findings to date and learn more about the work the Subcommittee has completed so far, including input from OC2050’s own Jim Kelly, who serves on the committee. This is the first public opportunity to engage, with additional public meetings expected as the work continues.

We hope to see you there!

01/08/2026

Community FYI:

There is an important public meeting tonight, Thursday, Jan. 8, at 6:00PM in Ocean City that may address the future of the Wonderland site.

Residents who care about the Boardwalk should attend so the community’s voice is present. Numbers matter.

For full details, visit bigmistake.org.

Please share with neighbors, friends, and family who may be able to attend.

We REMAIN COMMITTED TO STOPPING big mistakeS IN OCEAN CITY November 2025We Need You to Make Your voices Heard for Ocean City Well… just as the city was finally calming down—and just as we had a solid, fair, fact-based process in motion to determine the future of the Boardwalk—Councilman Levchu...

01/08/2026

Community FYI:

There is an important public meeting tonight, Thursday, Jan. 8, at 6:00PM in Ocean City that may address the future of the Wonderland site.

Residents who care about the Boardwalk should attend so the community’s voice is present. Numbers matter.

For full details, visit bigmistake.org.

Please share with neighbors, friends, and family who may be able to attend.

01/05/2026

🚨 Community Update: January 7 Meeting 🚨

On Jan 7th, OC could pave the way for a high-rise hotel on the Boardwalk at the Wonderland Pier site.

Community input is important: whether you’re able to attend or not, please add your name and address to this statement so it can be shared publicly: https://form.jotform.com/253634770723056

If you've already signed, please share widely to help ensure our community stays informed and engaged.

Please click the link to complete this form.

12/06/2025

A letter from one of our Coalition members, OceanCity2050

The long, tense, crowded City Council meeting on December 4th ended with City Council referring the question of rehabilitation designation for Wonderland Pier to the Planning Board. People read this outcome in different ways. Some were overjoyed. Some felt abandoned by a Council that just months ag...

12/04/2025

Hotel supporters are spreading false information that sending Wonderland rehab to the Planning Board would allow the experts to study zoning options. The truth is that the Board would NOT review zoning options, they would ONLY review the conditions of the property.

What recently happened with the Seaspray condos is an example of exactly how rehab works:

The Planning Board’s report was simply a review of whether it met the criteria for rehabilitation. Nothing about what should be done with the site or its zoning. After rehab was approved, the public saw one plan — the developer’s — negotiated privately and shared just two days before the vote.

Rehab doesn’t explore options or provide helpful information. It ends the public process and moves decisions behind closed doors. The Boardwalk Subcommittee, on the other hand, includes 4 Planning Board members along with diverse community voices, and is the best process to review zoning options quickly and with expert opinions.

Read the Planning Board’s findings on Seaspray yourself for more information (link in comments).

12/03/2025

Did you watch Mita's press conference today? Let's cut through the spin:

🔹They keep insisting that tomorrow’s vote is about “rehab” or “redevelopment”—not a hotel. Yet Eustace Mita himself sat there, alongside those making this claim, saying this vote is the only way he can move forward. You can’t claim it’s not about a hotel while the hotel developer is thanking you for the green light. And he never explained why this is the only path he can accept. Projects are built every day using traditional zoning tools. There is no reason he can’t do the same.

🔹Wes Kazmarck – a member of the subcommittee– tried to argue that it can’t move forward without more information from the experts. But there are four planning board experts on the subcommittee. And it can hire more expertise. Moreover, under rehab, the planning board won’t provide ANY information on what to do with 600 Boardwalk, it will just look at its current condition. The subcommittee —with its existing expertise— is where they CAN and ARE looking at the options. Wes even acknowledged they’ve talked about Wonderland at every subcommittee meeting. Something’s not adding up.

🔹Eustace Mita said "There's nothing wrong with the subcommittee process, but it has nothing to do with 600 Boardwalk." We're glad he supports the subcommittee, but he's wrong that it has nothing to do with 600 Boardwalk- it is looking at the zoning options for that property as well as the whole Boardwalk, ensuring there is a fair and sustainable vision for the future of the entire Boardwalk.

🔹Caitlin Quirk’s claim that redevelopment status is necessary to “bring the developer and council to the table” is flat-out wrong. They can negotiate anytime (apparently some Council members have even been meeting with him privately), and the Master Plan process can also adjust zoning. The only thing redevelopment does is provide tax abatements and shift leverage to Mita. Let’s not kid ourselves: he’s not pushing this process out of civic goodwill. He’s doing it because it benefits him financially and gives him more power.

Bottom line: Don’t get distracted by the word games. The current progress is working efficiently, and is the best and fastest path forward. Voting for rehab would slow down this progress and only advantage the developer and his vision for a hotel. It’s that simple.

If you don’t want Ocean City’s first high-rise hotel to appear on our Boardwalk, come to the Council meeting tomorrow and make your voice heard.

For more facts about what's at stake, visit:

RAISE YOUR VOICE Get Involved! It was because of the community’s involvement over the summer—your many calls, emails, and letters to Council—that we achieved a 6-1 vote against considering rehabilitation for the Wonderland site in August. It’s clear that we need to bring back this public pre...

12/03/2025

Ocean City needs your voice, and your presence, this Thursday, 12/4 at 6 p.m. at the Music Pier.

Rehab is back on the table - again. Let’s not go backwards.

Help protect what makes Ocean City special.

**Thursday, Dec. 4, Music Pier, 825 Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ.**

RAISE YOUR VOICE Get Involved! Well… just as the city was finally calming down—and just as we had a solid, fair, fact-based process in motion to determine the future of the Boardwalk—Councilman Jody Levchuk is now calling for a re-vote on a rehabilitation designation for the Wonderland propert...

12/01/2025

Remember August Jody Levchuk? The one who said a rehabilitation designation for Wonderland would be unfair to other Boardwalk owners, and who asked for a subcommittee to review the Boardwalk instead? He was right.

Stand with August Jody — the side of reason, fairness, and protecting what makes Ocean City special— not December Jody.

Come out this Thursday, 12/4, at 6 p.m. and let your presence be counted. Together, we can protect what makes Ocean City special.

12/01/2025

Ocean City needs your voice, and your presence, this Thursday, 12/4 at 6 p.m. at the Music Pier. There’s a push to undo the progress already made on the Master Plan process.

Some members who previously made the right decision after hearing the clear will of the community are now pushing to put rehab back on the agenda. Others, including Terry Crowley, Dave Winslow, Sean Barnes, and Keith Hartzel are thankfully standing strong and honoring the process that residents fought for.

Your presence matters. Showing up is how we make sure our voices remain impossible to ignore.

The current planning process is working. It is fair, fact-based, and already producing movement toward real compromise. Let’s not undo that progress! It would only slow everything down, reduce transparency, and give a single person far more power than the community. It wouldn’t provide any new information—that’s what the current process is for.

Once massive high-rises appear on the Boardwalk, there’s no going back.

Show up. Stand up. Protect what makes Ocean City special.

We hope to see you at the Music Pier, 825 Boardwalk, Ocean City, NJ 08226.

We REMAIN COMMITTED TO STOPPING big mistakeS IN OCEAN CITY November 2025We Need You to Make Your voices Heard for Ocean City Well… just as the city was finally calming down—and just as we had a solid, fair, fact-based process in motion to determine the future of the Boardwalk—Councilman Levchu...