Flipping Grand Bahama

So back in May of this year, a comment came from a reader, Brad Ingersoll on our Facebook. His comment came to a blog on the possible closure of the Grand Lucaya. Brad Ingersoll   At one time thousands worked in Grand Bahama, at resorts, cab tours, food and beverage and such. Now the world has changed and the island needs to re invent itself and it can be done. Cuba will not help with Island tourism as crazy Americans will need to travel to a 3rd world Communist country to see what's its all about! This got me to thinking.... how would we re-invent ourselves? (That's all I took away from what he said. What about you?) What do we want to look like? A thriving metropolis? To reach a standard, we need to set a bar? Is the bar from our past?  I've had a lot of time to think about this. We have been saying over and over again that we want the good old days to come back, but what influenced those days and are they positive and acceptable and adaptable to now? S

Ahh, the slow comfortable life of island living. What we all seem to forget is that in life there are always ebbs and flows, and while Grand Bahama may have had its share of ebbs, the flows were not so bad. Revising the "why" of this blog I began to think its undertaking is quite vast. To reach each Grand Bahamian to say wake up and prepare for the next flow is daunting and sometimes self-defeating. The reality of it though is that if we don't then prepare now and get in on the ground level while there are so many ground breakings then you can so easily miss out and cry out that the people from other islands and other nations are once again taking everything from you. We have had a really bad time following the markets crash of 2007/8 and recovery has been extremely slow. The hurricanes of 2004/5 as noted before, is still affecting the people of and residents of this island. But to move on, to make it better seems to bee almost too hard for some. But it is

Again its been a while but there has been a lot going on in Grand Bahama. Positive vibes to all out there making it work for themselves and their communities. Realizing that elections are coming up next year, so far this year has seen a lot of things happen just in time to show off for the politicians. My feelings..... as long as things happen it doesn't matter who does it. So the long-awaited fire station is almost finished and ready for occupation. The Sir Jack Hayward Bridge is up and open and looking good; gives good visage as well. Road Traffic and the Grand Bahama Port Authority Ltd's have come together to try to curb speeding by implementing roundabouts and a video has been created to teach motorist how to use them properly. In the works, the causeway to replace the Fishing Hole Road is finally under way; more expansions at the Freeport Harbour; Lucayan Grand is reportedly sold; dormitories are being built for the College of The Bahama; new facilities for t