More than two decades after the owners of “The Original” Ron Jon Surf Shop redefined the skyline of Ship Bottom with a three-story building fronting Central Avenue, they want to raze it and replace it with a brand new facility nearly doubling its size while returning to a one-story structure.
“We do not have a timetable yet for the new construction as we are in the early phases,” Heather Lewis, marketing director for the Cocoa Beach, Fla.-based company, said Tuesday.
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