We represent a Facebook Group called "Restoring St. Ann's Bay. The group is administered by two natives of St. Ann's Bay. It's members are primarily Jamaicans, based at home or abroad. Blue Bowl and National Trust Designation: This is to alert you to the very tenuous condition of St. Ann's Bay's only remaining original and unspoiled 19th century wooden building. It was known in the old days as Blue Bowl, a watering hole and eating place of great community importance. It is now being left to rot, and we feel that National Trust designation, and possibly ownership, will be needed to save it from total ruin. The photograph of the building has received numerous likes on Facebook, and, properly restored, will greatly contribute to the tourist economy of the town. Context For Preservation - St. Ann's Bay is important as the setting for Jamaica's first colonial settlement. - The town is also situated exactly in the center of the nation's North Coast, which is experience hotel development apace. How St. Ann's Bay historic preservation can benefit from and affect this burgeoning tourist industry must be urgently considered. - St. Ann's Bay is the birthplace of world renowned Marcus Garvey. The forthcoming Garvey Center in the town will be a magnet for tourism, and the preservation of what remains of the town Garvey grew up in will lend a degree of magic to the town. - Of all the centers in St. Ann's Bay, where the courthous, the Burrowe
We represent a Facebook Group called "Restoring St. Ann's Bay. The group is administered by tw