As anyone who lives, works or visits Long Beach Island certainly knows, the Island is changing right in front of our eyes. It’s been said that change is inevitable – it’s just a part of life. And while that is true, it can hurt to witness such change in our own backyard.

The changing character of LBI has tested my resiliency at times, whether it’s memories of stores or restaurants that have disappeared over the years, or all the new cookie-cutter houses being built in a neighborhood that used to…