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by My-Island-Jamaica.com
by Shamir Brown (Jan 23, 2013)
This historic Georgian town of Falmouth, Trelawny's tourist capital, is to have a craft market by the middle of 2013.
This was disclosed by Mayor of Falmouth, Garth Wilkinson in an interview with the Western Mirror newspaper. An existing building by the Falmouth Port will be renovated to accommodate vendors and their craft items for sale to the thousands of cruise ship passengers who now visit that town on a weekly basis.
Adjustment to the building will include a new roof as the existing one is lined with carcinogen causing asbestos.
Mayor Wilkinson disclosed that the Port Authority had recently signed off on an agreement to do this, and work should commence soon at a cost of 8 million Jamaican dollars.
The new craft market will house 50 vendors. Persons who had previously plied their trade at Bamboo Village will be given priority as the venture is also intended to allow for their relocation.
The mayor said the gesture was being spurred by the sense of lawlessness gripping the town. He explained that recently, especially with persons selling in front of the cruise ship pier, indiscipline had crept in, and in some cases, criminal elements threaten the tourism product that Falmouth has to offer.
"It is expected that wen the facility is completed, all the street vending will cease in the town, as we believe it's one
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