MOON TOWN SHOULD BE NEXT TOWN
Thursday, January 14th, 2010DENIS KELLMAN’S COLUMN- THE DEBATE
FEBRUARY 6, 2007
Foresight is a value which is priceless. It can sometimes negate the true worth of one’s contribution. Months ago, while speaking at a public meeting in Moon Town, which is located on Kellman’s Road will be the next town of Barbados and that it will include from Gibbs in St. Peter to Maycocks. This is the same area which I mentioned years ago when we were discussing the Special Development Area. These areas will join Nesfield which is a special area on its own. This area has seen the Ward, Yearwood and O’Neale families exploiting the commercial value many years ago.
The location of the St. Lucy’s Secondary School was not by accident. we saw industry being located there also which for many years employed many persons from the north of the Island. Fairfield Factory which was owned by the Wards was the major commercial activity in the early years. Even though I have included Nesfield as part of the new city, it cannot be limited to that small area, and it must connect to Kellman’s Road and the Four Cross Road. What this means is that the Arawak Cement Plant’s jetty must be expanded and commercialized. This jetty must be converted to a harbor that would allow the country to have an option of ports for cargo.
Foresight must be used to allow a country to be developed and we cannot continue to speak about being a developed country with one hospital, airport and seaport. The infrastructure provided at the Cement Plant must be maximized and a sheltered harbor could be provided. The capital works being offered on the Bourbon Road lends a good precursor to any development on that stretch.
What is interesting about this development is that the Wards who have done so much for Barbados and particularly St. Lucy, will once again share in the development of the country by offering Colleton and Bourbon in the initial stages of the development. These lands can be used for a combination of commercial, housing and tourism purposed. As discussed already with the parish Priest, Community Tourism can easily be practiced by the church when one considers that it has within its wall, the Monument of the old Parry School and the rich history that lies within its wall. The car park matched by the roundabout is well located for tents to be pitched on a daily basis at a rental fee for craft and other items to be displayed for sale.
The name Moon Town now has international significance, this occurred by accident when I attended the Peace Conference as an Ambassador for peace in South Korea last year. My business cards had my address as Moon Town, which when distributed, the delegates were able to make a connection between Rev. Dr. Moon and Moon Town. The rest is now history. Moon Town has been able to welcome many from that part of the world and elsewhere. It is known to inhabitants of Moon Town that it is frequented on a weekly basis by the elite of Barbados. One such person traverses freely the area as a natural son of the soil. It is no doubt that he is held with high esteem by the members of the Moon Town family.
Moon Town has a lot to offer this country Barbados. As usual, it has also offered the tourism sector a lot in terms of alternatives. This project is very much a local project and the parishioners of the north should feel proud of their achievement. Nowhere else in the world has an area so small been able to create the impact as Moon Town. It is the smallest and most popular in the world and is worth of mention in the Guinness Book of World Records. This is something that the Barbados Board of Tourism should be doing and the Minister of Tourism acknowledging. Another project that should be acknowledged is the one at North Stars. This project has done a lot of sports tourism and the development of St. Lucy and Barbados.
As a community based project, the officials of North Stars should have been awarded a Service Award for their contribution to service and their contribution to the independent mind. We in this country have to stop allowing jealousy from hindering gifted work from being appreciated and we must be prepared to compensate for production. This country Barbados will only be a developed country when it accepts that consumption is the enemy and not production and investment. The majority in this country will only be liberated when we stop fooling them that het present taxation system which excludes them is the best, being included by the sweat of your brow means something.
Mr. Greaves should feel proud when he travels to the north and he sees Moon Town and North Stars. Two of his disciples have been able to make bread out of stone. It is not often that many politicians can look back and associate with progress. It shows that progress is achieved by hard work and determination. Lucy’s children have done her well over the years. The Late Roy Brathwaite and Amory Phillips have led the way. I have sometimes wondered why these gentlemen along with the Wards have not been Knighted too.
The Democratic Labour Party has been fortunate to have offered all leaders in Lucy’s Territory. It is no doubt that all three previous representatives were positioned to be leaders. The first was before Independence and the third one in the nineties. No other constituency can brag of such a record. This can only be matched by the number of National Heroes and Deputy Commissioners of Police.
It is no doubt that Lucy has qualities that cannot be matched and it is about time that she and her off-springs are accepted for what they have to offer. It is inevitable. She has developed the minds of her own, teaching them how to be independent and how to make the most out of one talent. Many are now wondering how she was able to attract a cow to leave what appeared to be greener pastures and now have some of the most succulent grass on which to graze. Some will say that she did that when the DLP was to be formed. She gave it its first seat by offering Sir James.
Sir Charles has to behave now like one of Lucy’s children. He has a right to defend and protect the interest of his new siblings. He has demonstrated that he understands the importance of being behind God’s back. His location at Bormefield allows North Stars and Crabtown to be included in the new city. The ones that come after the fact will be welcomed also, because the opportunities are great.
Brian has said a mouthful, and it is up to the Board to continue paying for foreign goods at the expense of local goods made in the north.
Peace, love, unity, humility, foresight, wisdom and understanding.
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