TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC – The federal government has introduced plans to introduce lunchtime leisure within the park as a cultural initiative this 12 months.
Junior Minister for Tourism and Tradition Luce Hodge-Smith lately introduced the initiative, expressing a imaginative and prescient for a extra vibrant and interesting neighborhood area.
This program is predicted to reinforce the noon expertise for residents and guests by providing stay performances throughout lunch hours.
“One of many issues I’m going to be engaged on for subsequent 12 months is… to have leisure throughout lunchtime within the park,” Hodge-Smith mentioned. The purpose is to permit people to get out of the workplace throughout your lunch hour and have leisure… and calm down.”
He mentioned the idea attracts inspiration from different profitable packages.
“It’s not an authentic concept of mine. I noticed it someplace, however I assumed it will be one thing good for folks,” she famous. This initiative is a part of a broader effort to revitalize Highway City and improve the standard of life within the BVI. Plans embody creating extra pedestrian-friendly walkways, enhancing customer facilities, and creating inexperienced areas. Hodge-Smith emphasised the significance of neighborhood involvement.
“We wish to get the personal sector and even the neighborhood… to be part of this transformation.”
Within the meantime, Hodge-Smith indicated that extra tasks are already in movement to remodel the world right into a extra vibrant and welcoming area. One key challenge contains the long-awaited boardwalk extending from Pier Park to Queen Elizabeth Park.
“The boardwalk that has been talked about for a lot of, a few years… that’s going to get began very quickly,” she mentioned. One other initiative entails developing a walkway between First Caribbean Financial institution and Vanterpool’s Pharmacy, creating a brand new space for distributors and stress-free areas for the general public.
“We’re going to create that area the place a number of distributors can come, get them off of the principle road… and make it an leisure type of factor within the night,” Hodge-Smith mentioned.
“We’re not reinventing the wheel… these are tasks which have been sitting on the cabinets,” she mentioned.
Hodge-Smith additionally mirrored on celebrating the BVI’s cultural traditions, emphasizing the necessity to revive neighborhood spirit.
Initiatives akin to bringing again Fungi music in colleges, supporting metal pan packages, and selling native meals and artwork are additionally on the agenda for 2025.
