MoBay mayor welcomes Grand-A-View to city’s investment landscape
MONTEGO BAY’S Mayor, Councillor Homer Davis, has described the opening of the Grand-A-View Restaurant and Event Place as the start of something new for Queen’s Drive, popularly known as Top Road.
Addressing guests during the opening ceremony, held on Saturday, March 9, Davis stated that Grand-A-View brought to the fore another great venue option for event promoters.
“This indoor/outdoor spacious facility has a grand view of the city and it is in reach of everyone,” said the mayor, adding that for months passers-by were drawn to the architecture of the building, many convinced it was a Chinese restaurant, among others.
In congratulating the owner of the facility, entrepreneur Carl Erskine and his wife medical doctor Barbara, for their multimillion-dollar investment, Davis said Montego Bay, as a city, is in the perfect position to gain significantly from the entertainment industry, which contributed well over $71 billion to the Jamaican economy between 2012 and 2016.
“I openly laud Erskine, a native Montegonian, and his wife for investing in their city and making a solid contribution to the growth of this resort town.”
He pointed out that not only was the tourism capital seeing great financial benefits from the industry, but tourism had created sustainable jobs thousands of Jamaicans.
He added that Grand-AView provides a wonderful family entertainment space to Montego Bay, which complements major developments that have been taking place along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard, formerly Gloucester Avenue or ‘Bottom Road’.
“Montego Bay remains the fastest developing city in the Caribbean and with major developments set to come on stream in very short order, the addition of this facility to our township have breathed life into the ‘Top Road’, complementing what is already here.”
He committed that the St James Municipal Corporation would continue to undertake projects which are aimed at the ongoing development of the city of Montego Bay and the parish of St James.