Sunday, February 20, 2011
Roatan News 'tid bits'
New RE/MAX franchise opens in West Bay! Our company now has a second RE/MAX franchise located at Keyhole Bay in West End. Dan Taylor, the developer of Keyhole Bay, is the broker and Peggy Orange is now a RE/MAX associate based at the Keyhole Bay office. Both Peggy and Dan live in Keyhole so there is always someone available. This office makes it very convenient if you’re staying in or visiting West Bay, so stop in and say hello to Dan and Peggy!
Local Artist While you’re visiting Keyhole Bay, ask Kelly McLarnan about her new fundraising project, Made on Roatan Rock Sculptures. Sales benefit local public schools to buy much needed basic supplies, like books, paper, boards and art supplies, which are often scarce in public schools. The project celebrates the work of a local artisan, Naldo Amaya of Pollytilly Bight, who delicately sculpts jadeite into sculptures inspired by marine and island life. Priced from $22 to $80, these beautiful sculptures fit easily in your luggage to take home and wow your friends and family, while benefitting local children.
A Benefit Golf Tournament at the Black Pearl Golf Club will be held on February 27th. Hosted by Roatan Rotary International, this fun activity, a 4 ball scramble, is not to be missed if you’re on the island. All 84 playing slots have been filled and a waiting list started, but come and buy a spectator pass for $20 and watch the good players look great and the inexperienced players (like me) just enjoy the day! Your pass includes bocas at the cocktail presentation. The main benefiting project of this fund raiser is the PIER program and Sand Castle Library and Learning center. Come on down, it will be a fun day (and you might run into some old Dallas Cowboys on the course!).
Local Artist While you’re visiting Keyhole Bay, ask Kelly McLarnan about her new fundraising project, Made on Roatan Rock Sculptures. Sales benefit local public schools to buy much needed basic supplies, like books, paper, boards and art supplies, which are often scarce in public schools. The project celebrates the work of a local artisan, Naldo Amaya of Pollytilly Bight, who delicately sculpts jadeite into sculptures inspired by marine and island life. Priced from $22 to $80, these beautiful sculptures fit easily in your luggage to take home and wow your friends and family, while benefitting local children.
A Benefit Golf Tournament at the Black Pearl Golf Club will be held on February 27th. Hosted by Roatan Rotary International, this fun activity, a 4 ball scramble, is not to be missed if you’re on the island. All 84 playing slots have been filled and a waiting list started, but come and buy a spectator pass for $20 and watch the good players look great and the inexperienced players (like me) just enjoy the day! Your pass includes bocas at the cocktail presentation. The main benefiting project of this fund raiser is the PIER program and Sand Castle Library and Learning center. Come on down, it will be a fun day (and you might run into some old Dallas Cowboys on the course!).
Labels: Roatan Bay Islands Honduras, Roatan Cruise ships, Roatan Honduras Golf Black Pearl Pete Dye Course
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Roatan Island News
Island Infrastructure Improvements, part 2. Last month the RE/MAX Newsletter in part was about some of the infrastructure improvements in place or planned for Roatan. This month I’ll talk about more improvements, which should be of interest to you. RECO: there is on-going improvement in the grid system as the power company upgrades the existing lines and replaces the old wooden poles with concrete ones. The company is actively pursuing alternate energy solutions and has bought a piece of property for a wind farm, which will provide supplemental power to the grid.
The roads on Roatan are in a maintenance-only situation at this time, which is always a big task!
In 2010, upgrades were completed to the electronic navigation systems at the airport and the entire runway was resurfaced. The tarmac area was re-designed to make space for the new airlines we now have; CAA, CM and LAHNSA at the current time. Charter flights are coming in each week from Milan, Toronto and Montreal.
Roatan has 2 cruise ship ports, Mahogany Bay and Port of Roatan. The latter has been approved for funding to expand once again.
The roads on Roatan are in a maintenance-only situation at this time, which is always a big task!
In 2010, upgrades were completed to the electronic navigation systems at the airport and the entire runway was resurfaced. The tarmac area was re-designed to make space for the new airlines we now have; CAA, CM and LAHNSA at the current time. Charter flights are coming in each week from Milan, Toronto and Montreal.
Roatan has 2 cruise ship ports, Mahogany Bay and Port of Roatan. The latter has been approved for funding to expand once again.
Labels: Roatan Bay Islands Honduras
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