It seems to me there is a lot of fuel with regards to the development of the Sports Park. Originally there was a meeting held and to date this is being done in a private way without majority of the members of the Community having an input.
Firstly no one can really tell where the road is to enter this 'Park'. It's certainly not these private lanes which were only built to accommodate private residents and not the volume of traffic for such business enterprise. The entrance should be definitely mapped out before even mentioning a park.
Next - is the community for this development? So many other infrastructure are much more required like an elderly home, or residences (apartments) especially for elderly returning residences or a Heart training centre or something more beneficial to the community.
Can the real investors speak and let us stop this bobbing and weaving.
Waiting ..............

I am also most curious as to where the road might be. I have heard but cannot confirm that it is through a residential lane. I have also heard but again cannot confirm that there are insufficient alternative methods to enter and exit in the instance of an emergency. Would appreciate confirmation.

This is definitely a secret as no one can hear officially what's going on. Will someone tell us what is going on!! We are a part of the district and yet we are in the dark - it's happening on us and we don't know anything - this is ridiculous.

I agree with Waiting. I think that a more 'employment building' building would be so much more benificial to the community. I mean how many jobs will the sports park create compared to how many would be created with further training of skills for future jobs and business development!

I want every one to know we can stop this sports park from been built,collecting as much signatures as possible from the residents of Treasure Beach, file it with the court to have it stop,they would have to stop until the court hearing and the court decided what to do about it,also take a copy of it to our MP.We the people of Treasure Beach do vote so we have a voice and I am sure our MP will listen.

Start the ball a rolling 'Peaceful' - we the people of TB have the right to do so. I am sure that majority of citizens will sign against such development.
We are ready.

peaceful: Now you're talking! Get together with whoever is good at putting words on paper, draw up a petition, make copies of it, gather signatures, and present it to your MP. Organize!

Doable peaceful.

I hope it does not come to that.

If the principals do not want to discuss their Sports Park plans in this forum, maybe they would publish them on their own website.

Several years ago a meeting was held for Treasure Beach community members to hear about plans for the sports park. At the time Donald Buchanan was the Minister of Housing and Water and it was that branch of the government which purchased the land and offered to lease it to Breds. Many residents voiced concerns about the plans at that time. Mr. Buchanan was at the meeting and stated very clearly that if the residents in the community stopped the sports park from going forward he would instead use the land for a housing scheme. I for one would much prefer a sports park, as long as it is intended for the use of the local residents and includes a community center, possibly with a library, theatre, clinic, educational and training facilities like a H.E.A.R.T. Academy, etc. for the betterment of the people of Treasure Beach and the surrounding area. The residents of this community deserve to have their input heard so the right decisions can be made to benefit ALL of the people and not just a chosen few.

I would suggest someone that lives there contact the new MP Tufton and ask him to investigate and provide some feed back to the people. It's the changing of the guards we don't have to just sit back and play the cards that have being dealt to us. This is 2008 you have black man running for President of America... wake up people and let someone tell us what' going on. Maybe the Sports center will be a good thing but talk to the people them that will be affected by it.Changes can sometimes be good but it's quiet obvious there are a lot of unanswered questions in regards to this development.

I spoke with Jason yesterday and HE suggested that him and I sit down and go over the questions that are being asked about the Sports Park. If anyone has any questions they would like answered please email me at annabelletodd1@gmail.com and I will present them to him. I will then post his answers on this site.

Excellent!! This is most appreciated.

Anabelle, I just e-mailed you some questions -- and I would expect others will do the same. Am looking forward to having the answers posted. Please keep us up-to-date on when we might start to hear something.

Danny Buchanan cannot build a housing scheme unless the land is his. If he used taxpayers money to buy the land then he is no longer in the picture and should not even be mentioned.
Annabelle, why can't you post answers here so we can all see them? If you peruse this thread it is quite easy to see what the questions are.

Thank you Ms Todd and Jason.

Will plans for the Sports Park be published for the community to approve as stated?

What is the planned capacity of the facility?

Will it ever be rented for other than sports?

Will BREDS plant at least an equivalent number of trees that have reportedly been destroyed in cleaning the land?

For other developments, not you alone Jason, will the practice of replanting indigenous and endemic trees be encouraged?

Will my publically posed questions be answered or do you want our ID's from emails?

Amen!

Please excuse my ignorance, but would someone please explain what a housing scheme is. Is this something like the public housing we have in the US for low-income people? Referring to what Shabba said, may a housing scheme only be built on private land? Could it be built on public land because BREDS has a 25 year lease on the land? I am very confused and would appreciate someone being kind enough to provide an explanation. Do not worry about being brief because I really want to understand.

'Twas once Amon.

But yes Alias Amen, until.

Shabba...of course I will post the answers here...I just haven't got them yet. I will be meeting with Jason later this afternoon. I was only giving people an opportunity to email me privately if they wish.

Turey...I have taken all the questions from this website and previous posts and will ask them as well. No need to email me if you choose not to.

Thanks Maam, my duppyness is for cyberspace.

Mumbling from beneath a virtual shroud has its virtues.

No one can weigh the value of my words based on either my body language or preconceived or distorted notions of where I'm at.

Confused, a housing scheme is the same as a housing development. What Mr. Buchanan was referring to that night was low-income housing provided by the government.

Okay I'm sure you are all waiting for the answers. Unfortunately I was unable to meet with Jason yesterday (not his fault..it was mine)and we have re-scheduled for Monday. No breath holding allowed

Miss Rebecca, thank you. Would such a development necessarily be a bad thing for Treasure Beach? If one is built, would that means that some people with the lowest incomes – perhaps the elderly and some single mothers with children but no child support – might be able to find affordable housing? On the other hand, would a housing scheme be a place where low-income people from outside Treasure Beach might live? Here in the US, low-income housing can be either good or bad. It seems they are good when the places are maintained well, have some play areas for the children and they are NOT full of people who seem to rely on selling drugs for a living; they are bad when they are poorly maintained and seem to turn into places where criminals live.

I know Food for the Poor put up many places in the Treasure Beach area, though someone had to have their own little piece of land to be able to get their house. I would assume the people who received these homes qualified by being poor. What if someone is poor and does NOT own a little piece of land. Might the housing scheme be a good solution for some of those people?

Never could figure out why people defined as low income are not given the lots to build as they wish. Within sensible guidelines and with tech and other support.

We are highly skilled and though good at dodging rules, we can create something lovely.

Who profits from these cheap and uninspired constructions?

Low income housing should encourage and inspire not trap in boring and awkward.

I hope the statement was not a threat!

..The statement re: Sports Park or low income housing.

If the reporter at the meeting got it right.

Soon come?

We finally got Annabelle's info in its own thread and are directing any further discussion over there.

View the new discussion here.

-TBNet