The Southlands saga takes another step as the Southlands team makes its presentation to Cabinet today. I don’t buy the official explanation that there was “too much concrete” in the proposal to explain Government’s foot dragging. I do think we need to plan Morgan’s Point carefully – but I don’t think that’s what’s going on [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Grand Atlantic'
Rescuing Reputations, not the Economy
May 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Tourism
This editorial from the Royal Gazette bears repeating. I agree with it wholeheartedly. Questioning the validity of an affordable housing plan is always going to be unpopular, but there is something not quite right about this week’s announcement of plans to build 125 affordable homes on the South Shore in Warwick. The Grand Atlantic/Golden Hind [...]
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Grand Atlantic Questions
April 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · Development, Tourism
So far we’ve heard that: Government has provided an SDO for the development of the Grand Atlantic Resort to develop a 220-room hotel with nearly 70 residential units for international buyers as well as a two story retail centre. That Government will amend that to build a scaled down 100-room hotel with 125 low-cost homes [...]
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Government to Invest in Hotel
April 15th, 2009 · Comments Off · Development, Tourism
Embarrassed by the years of promised new hotel developments that cannot find external funding, Dr. Brown has announced that Government will invest in at least one project using our tax dollars. “I was telling a colleague this morning that such is the challenge of our times that a capitalist problem may require a socialist solution…” [...]
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