Flipping Grand Bahama

So, I was just thinking of what Grand Bahama would look like when the magic is brought back. I think of the numbers of people who would have moved here from around The Bahamas and around the world being a mixed and varied culture, like the United Nations. I see the businesses on the island thriving and new and innovative creations coming on stream that were not possible before. I see lots of Bahamian entrepreneurs savvy in new age equipment and not afraid of the internet. I see international business being done here without getting on a plane or even leaving your home. This is the way the world is going and the way will be thinking. I see the process of getting into business here being made a lot more streamlined and able to accommodate everyone within three to four weeks. You have to visualize it. A better life for you, and a better life for your family and friends, a better life for your country without everyone or anyone feeling threatened by foreigners ...

What is the future of Grand Bahama? Is there really hope? According to entrepreneur/author Raquel Beneby-Hart, "without hope, we would have no life!" In an interview with her recently about her present series and her new book, she said, she wants to see Grand Bahama do better. This this transplant from Nassau said she came to Grand Bahama in 2004 three weeks prior to Hurricane Francis so she did not get to experience the "Magic City" that she had heard about, and she said she feels cheated at times. "But that also (drives me), like lets just get back there. It can happen. We just have to work together. We just have to be innovative and we cannot wait for someone or government legislation and decisions to determine how far we go on or if we even go." Hart said she took it upon herself as a Bahamian and a person who loves her country, and a person who loves to see her fellow man prosper, to be able to go out and make things happen and what has been...