Hazel highlights development/investment projects of White Gate

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, NOVEMBER 8TH 2010 (CUOPM) – “Ladies and Gentlemen, many persons have asked …well what is going on at White Gate?....What is White Gate? Some have asked White Gate Dead?  Well, it is said that Kittitians answer a question with a question. So I simply say to them……Who Tell You So?”White Gate is not dead!” concluded Chief Executive Officer of White Gate, Mr. Ellis Hazel.
 
Mr. Hazel, who chaired the ground breaking ceremony of Phase 1 of the multi-million dollar Kittitian Hill Resort on Saturday said that White Gate supported by the historic inertia of the Golden Lemon Inn and Rawlins Plantation, has attracted four development/investment projects: The Beaumont Park Horse Track and Beaumont Estates, Cappisterre Farms, North Star St. Kitts Limited Wind Farm at Belle Vue and Kittitian Hill.
 
He said that the vision of the White Gate Development Corporation (WGDC) is to promote a more dynamic, profitable, and sustainable rural development landscape.
 
“Our mission is to maximise the outcomes from local and foreign investments in tourism and resort related enterprises, agriculture, community development and environmental Management.

The WGDC is a statutory authority established by the Whitegate Development Corporation Act, 1999. The Corporation was established by the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis to attract new development that would capitalise on the uniqueness of the development area; create sufficient new and independent investments; develop new employment opportunities and businesses to enhance the livability and appeal of existing communities in the area; and enhance land values and the quality of living for the residents of the area.

Mr. Hazel said that the National Physical Development Plan and the National Adaptation Strategy provide an over-arching framework for public and private sector investment in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, with an emphasis on the decentralisation of business activity from Basseterre.