Diamond Cay Jost Van Dyke
Here is the link to the official website on this development at Diamond Cay Marina Development
This page is mostly a fishing expedition looking to see what the development agreement was, and if anyone has an environmental impact study on it.
In a NPT trust meeting with Conservation and Fisheries the Government officials on island were in the dark as much as everyone else. Only knowing that the agreement had been signed a "very very long time ago" and knowing nothing of the details, or environmental impact or such. The presenters changed the subject because quite frankly they were in the dark.
Most tourists think that this development and the diamond cay marine is a joke, but it is not. It WILL happen.
I have heard word of mouth this "Anyways, don't see anything much happening out there but a lot of talk looking for $500k a condo and more, but i'm sure one day they'll destroy that fishery area as well in the name of progress. The wooden structure being built rapidly right behind Foxy's Taboo does not have anything to do with the development. That is Myrtle Turnbull, a local custom agent's family land that goes from there all the way up the hill, so the land of the actual proposed development is relying on land fill... and that's a solid fact... you can go to the land registry and see for yourself how small the existing parcel really is."
I have also been told that that fishery area that used to be full of Tarpon there, well the Tarpon have all left town.
I will put up more information as I come across it!
Jost Van Dyke has a well formed and active Jost Van Dyke Preservation Society. The society is an official not-for-profit in the BVI and also have a 501(c)(3) in the U.S. as a non-profit.
"The Preservation Society is multi-faceted; focused on the history, culture and environments of one small island - Jost Van Dyke. We hope that over time we can do the right things to capture the essence of small island life as it has been the last 300 years and preserve the island and the memories for generations to come. We are in the middle of building a traditional-lines wooden sloop on Jost as part of our Maritime Heritage program, with high school students as the builders." The webpage for the project is Jost Sloop project You can see the BVI Welcome Magazine article on the proiect here.
Contact information for the group is info@bvihcg.com
Webmaster email is webmaster@bvihcg.com
