Economy ·
A Food Hub and a Fish Fry, built by neighbours
At the pre-budget table she asked for two simple, local ideas with the power to change a Saturday in Point Fortin.
When Alderman Fortune-John sat with His Worship the Mayor, Alderman Clyde James, and the Point Fortin business community at the pre-budget consultation hosted by the Member of Parliament, she did not arrive with a slogan. She arrived with work already in motion.
As Chairman of the Community and Local Economic Development Committee, she placed two initiatives on the table: a Food Hub and a Fish Fry. Her own words carry the intention. These projects, she said, have the potential to significantly boost the local economy while fostering greater community spirit. Point Fortin, she reminded the room, is a close-knit town where neighbours support one another.
That is the standard she uses. A project earns its place when it puts money in local hands and gives people a reason to come out, sit together, and be proud of the borough. The entrepreneurs who spoke that day were not an audience. They were partners. She thanked them for it, and she asked the country to notice what Point Fortin has already given, and what it is ready to become.