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(CNS): The groundbreaking ceremony for Scranton Park will be held in the Central Georgetown district of Kenneth Bryan MP on September 12. The tourism minister supports the ambitious project, even though it does not fall under his portfolio, saying it will be like New York’s Central Park, offering facilities for everyone in the country’s largest and best green park.
He said the aim was to give back to the wider community, especially seniors and families, as it would house senior and youth centres within the park, which could be expanded if land became available.
Speaking on Cayman Radio on Friday, the minister urged everyone to attend the groundbreaking ceremony as the full plans, final architect designs and renderings will be unveiled at the ceremony. Bryan said this is more than just a park and the senior citizen centre will be an integral part of the project.
“I worked very, very hard to get this park done,” he said, before noting the time it took for the project to go through the bureaucratic process. Already started He said the project was “applicable to the whole of the Cayman Islands” but then admitted it was a “big investment” and that the project had cost about 1.2 million Cayman dollars so far, with more to come.
“It’s almost like Central Park in New York,” he said. “Obviously, we’re seeing a lot of growth in the city, and my goal is to … preserve that memory and that green space for the public … because we’re going to see people moving out of the area.”
Civil servants and other town workers can walk to it from the Government Administration Building, and it provides green spaces, sports facilities, and youth and senior citizen centres in the heart of Georgetown.
Bryan explained that the vision for the park came from the local community and said it took time to acquire the land to secure the future of the existing community park and expand it into this multi-million dollar project.
Bryan said CIG hopes to expand the park’s green space and could acquire land around the park as vacant land becomes available. He urged people living in the area who plan to move out of Georgetown as the capital develops to contact government before selling their land.
He said he did not want people to move out of central GT, but if they had to, he hoped they would consider selling their homes to the government so it could expand green space to offset continued development in the capital.
A groundbreaking ceremony will be held at the location on Thursday, September 12 at 5pm and will be open to the public.
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