A mapped aerial view of the area the Count Basie Theatre is proposing to build an outdoor patio. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)
By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Bumping up against an informal deadline in an informal agreement with “friends,” the Count Basie Theatre is ready to make a move on a vacant lot next door.
The theater has submitted plans to the planning and zoning office at Red Bank Borough Hall, on the opposite side of Monmouth Street, to build an outdoor patio area on some 29,000-square-feet of space between the theater and abutting Buona Sera.
Basie executives will present the plan to the planning board next week to seek approval for a number of variances to get the L-shaped space clear for construction.
If approved, the patio will add yet another amenity to an ever-growing list of improvements at the historic theater, Basie CEO Numa Saisselin tells redbankgreen.
“It would make the building a lot better to use if there was a bigger meeting area,” Saisselin said.
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February 2, 2011 - 9:11 am
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