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Volunteers needed!

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It was great yesterday when I came across this wonderful little encouragement... volunteers needed said the sender and it was right up my alley although not on the day I would like.... The  I Love Freeport group from the Grand Bahama Port Authority is behind this great venture ... and just when some people wanted to know what could they do. This icon in Grand Bahama still holds a lot of great memories for many people here in abroad and I guess it's the  time to give back and to recreate. This is not the first time the Grand Bahama Port Authority has put an effort into reviving the International Bazaar.. that last was in allowing persons interested in renting shop space here to have their license free for a year... a great deal. Maybe it will come back again and more persons would take advantage ... This venture excites the Save the Bazaar team and we can't wait to see what will happen next for this grand...

Save The International Bazaar

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There comes a time when all the beating takes hold and the mind succumbs to reinforcements that are all negative. Doubts and negativity are the beliefs of the day. Then you see the small sprouts breaking the concrete cracks in the pavement. Its not the impossible. I'm part of a group that is interested in saving the International Bazaar and recently we started at Facebook page that said the same. It is a great space for commerce and transforming it may be in order but it can be done. There are other campaigns around and as one official told us, we need a billionaire on board to make the type of changes we need. Well so far we don't have a billionaire but we are looking for the funding to get this project underway. We are the dreamers that want to see the needed progress and change. As one person so aptly put, the dream behind the International Bazaar was crushed by closed minded persons who felt it should not encourage so many foreigners to live here. My answer is...