Zilumba za Virgin za ku US: Zolinga zolandila zombo zikuluzikulu

Kutsatira msonkhano waposachedwa wa subcommittee ya St. Thomas-St. John Chamber of Commerce, Kazembe wa Zilumba za Virgin za ku America a Kenneth E. Mapp adawona mapulani okonzanso zomangamanga ndi mphamvu zowonjezera za berthing zonyamula zombo zazikulu zonyamula anthu ku Crown Bay ndi The West Indian Company (WICO).

"Zomwe zombo zikuluzikulu zikuchitika ndipo tikamagwirira ntchito limodzi titha kupeza mayankho omwe amalola St. Thomas kukhalabe olimbirana komanso kupereka mwayi wokula," atero Kazembe Mapp.

Sukulu ya St. Thomas-St. A John Chamber of Commerce adayankha bwino malingaliro abwanamkubwa kuti akalimbikitse ntchito zachuma mchigawochi.

A Govern Mapp ndi mamembala a timu ya Ports of the Islands Islands adalongosola ntchito zopitilira kukonzanso, zomwe zidathandizidwa kudzera mgawo loyamba la US department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) pambuyo pa mkuntho wa chaka chatha. Kukokererako kumalola zombo za Quantum Class kuti zizimilira mbali yakumpoto ku Crown Bay ndi Oasis Class zombo zofika ku West Indian Company.

Kulimbikitsa zokumana nazo za alendo kunalinso kukambirana pamsonkhano. Bwanamkubwa Mapp adagawana kuti Dipatimenti Yokopa alendo ikufuna kupeza zosangalatsa zina ndi moni kuti awonetse luso la Virgin Islanders m'madoko ndi kumatawuni. Zomwe zidakambidwanso chinali chikhumbo chowonjezera mgwirizano ndi amalonda pa Main Street Revitalization projekiti yothandiza kuchepetsa zovuta pazamalonda popanda kuchedwetsa ntchitoyi.

Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Territory adagawana nawo zoyesayesa zowongolera mayendedwe ndikuwonjezera kuchuluka kwa achitetezo aku Boma ku US ngati njira yothamangitsira kuyendera ndikupereka mayendedwe osavuta pamene zilumba za Virgin zikukonzekera maulendo apaulendo komanso alendo nthawi nyengo yachisanu ikubwera.

Gululi lidamva zonena kuchokera ku Virgin Islands Port Authority (VIPA) pazomwe zingachitike ku Crown Bay komwe kumachitika zinthu monga njinga / kukwera njinga kuchokera pa doko kupita ku Lindbergh Bay. West Indian Company idapereka malingaliro kuti iwonjezere kuchuluka kwa ndalama, pomwe Commissioner wa Public Work a Nelson Petty adasintha gululi pulojekiti ya Veteran's Drive, yomwe idakwaniritsidwa.

Bwanamkubwa Mapp adanenanso kuti zokopa alendo komanso zokumana nazo m'bomalo zikuyenda bwino chifukwa chothandizirana pakati pa anthu aboma ndi mabungwe. Adayamika zopereka zamagulu a Carnival Corporation - Princess Cruises ndi Carnival Cruise Line - omwe apereka $ 800,000 kuti athandizire ntchito zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza Ana Museum, pulogalamu ya Little Libraries, pomanga Children's Playground (Carnival Fun Park) ku Emile Griffith Park komanso $ 20,000 mu zinthu ndi zida ku Gymnasium ya Charlotte Amalie High School. Ndalama zothandizira ntchitoyi zikuyendetsedwa ndi Community Foundation ya Virgin Islands.

Kuphatikiza apo, Carnival Corporation yadzipereka pulogalamu yanyimbo yomwe imapereka zida ku Dipatimenti Yophunzitsa komanso pulogalamu yomwe iphunzitse ophunzira omwe akukwera zombo zawo. Mapulani akugwiranso ntchito kuti akhale ndi oyang'anira ochokera kumayendedwe apanyanja m'sukulu.

Bwanamkubwa Mapp adati mabungwe amtunduwu ndiofunikira kuthana ndi mipata yomwe ndalama sizingatheke kapena sizipezeka m'mapulogalamu aboma: "Tikuyembekeza kupitiliza kulimbitsa mgwirizano wathu ndi makampani oyendetsa sitima zapamadzi."

Pakadali pano, Ports of the Islands Islands - mgwirizano womwe umaphatikizapo Dipatimenti Yokopa alendo, VIPA ndi WICO - udakali wodzipereka kulimbitsa mgwirizano wawo ndi Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) ndi gulu lomwe lidayambitsidwa kumene ku Eastern Caribbean.

Opezeka pamsonkhanowu anali oyimira a Chamber of Commerce a Richard Berry, Vivek Daswani, Michael Creque, Filippo Cassinelli ndi a John Woods; Mtsogoleri Wamkulu wa VIPA a David Mapp ndi a Property Manager a Deborah Washington; Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa WICO Clifford Graham; Wotumiza Commissioner Petty; ndi Commissioner wa Tourism Beverly Nicholson-Doty limodzi ndi mamembala a department of Tourism a Angela Payne, Director of Experience's Experience, ndi Tanya Duran, yemwe ndi Director of Office Operations.