CONTENTS
P26 GIDC
The Grenada Industrial Development Corporation facilitates Investors and private sector business in Grenada.
P126 Yachting
P32 Agricuture
Grenada’s climate is ideal for growing a variety of Fruit and Vegetables.
P44 Your dream home P56 Building Grenada
One of the island’s premiere construction firms tells us how!
Here are some local companies you can call on to do it … and do it right!
P84 A recipe for success P90 Peter de Savary
Quite simply tells his story...
Feature
Ron Antoine explains why we should order a Carib.
P74 Insurance
Feature
Peter de Savary
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opportunities We need to create some employment youth of this country. If On The Recession quickly. Especially for the an air raid during the I didn’t have any projects here and they were was born on a farm in I’m very lucky because formed a friendship twin the first nine years of completed all of our Monaco it would be in every second world war. I spent were fully pregnant, we had to invest in and market Grenada Lake Maracaibo; my that station in the position to sit tight. We my life in Venezuela near magazine and television work. So we are in a good I think that we newspaper, Co. people that love and know parents were with Shell Oil no bank loans so that is helpful. world and the millions of one month in 1952, have of present circumstances hmm never thought of I first came to Grenada for are going to have the sort Monaco would say “Grenada, to sail here and drive we need to adjust ourselves I remember it well. I learned for the next few years and Grenada.“ There were no roads so we no reason that Grenada team up with on to a boat from a fisherman. to a reduced market. I see Another great fit for Grenada My love of boats and the a limited population can’t Bahrain. They’ve got a lot went everywhere by boat. being a small country with a friendship basis would be here. I’m 66 this year, and of this. to invest it somewhere safe sea was born and begun actually do quite well out of money and they need pioneering type project away from the potential I figured I’d do one more and nice. We’re a long way starting it right from nothing. Marketing troubles of the Middle East. of Caribbean countries do was get the word out place that’s not There were a number The first thing we had to Grenada can offer a virgin but I think it was this the past 18 months A place where people that offered opportunities, the magic of Grenada. Over overdeveloped or spoiled. that made me think about journalists from all over and do things like artist childhood memory of Grenada we’ve brought in over 300 come here that are creative at Grenada. So I came financial help we them with accommodation I must go and have a look writers workshops with the the world; we provided colonies, the Island was still lovely, gave them some treats back in 2006 of course toured them all over the island a can accelerate this process. great, the mobile worked I think that they all had that domestic politics the airport and roads were and sent them back and This is the kind of era welcoming. It just seemed have written and done a little, to the national and the Government was wonderful impression and to be should be subordinated is was now. It hadn’t had an these are really good times Where the private sector to me that Grenada’s time interest of the country. of the good things. So industry like some and the the virtues of Grenada. explosion in the tourism partner with the public sector sowing the seeds and selling is around 8 an unofficial hand. tourism. The opportunity people are working hand in other islands with mass Pure marketing and PR expenditure Eco government and the straight in. Tufton Hall I jumped is it’s a huge was here, it felt good and US$ so far. Three projects, thing about foreign investment condition of Mt. million together represent The That sparks enthusiasm Thinking back to the earlier Port Louis, and Mt. Cinnamon catalyst to local investment. mess. The units were Spa, dollars of developed value local people invest which Cinnamon, it was a real scruffy just about 1.5 billion US and confidence and then the beach was trash and society where lots of so it’s expensive. derelict, the lower land by the it’s very high quality leads to an entrepreneurial you dri ?????????$????????????????Q????????????????9??????????????????????????????????$??????????????????????????????????????????Y???????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????A??????]??e????????????????????%?????????????A???1???????5??
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