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Short Term Use: Cross Island To Host Events
The facilities are Bermuda assets which should not sit vacant while a decision is made, so in the short term, the Cross Island area in the west end will be available for events that do not require any permanent structures, with WEDCO entering into an agreement with Savvy Entertainment to manage the site in the short term. In addition, Moresby House... Read more of this article
“Blue Green Business Hub” Recommended
The America’s Cup Event Village could become home to a business hub incorporating indoor agriculture, aquaculture and renewable energy. The Cross Island Legacy Committee made its recommendations public, saying they believe the area — nine acres of reclaimed land — should be used as an “integrated Blue/Green Business Hub including Indoor... Read more of this article
Photos & Video: Cross Island Land Reclamation
The first phase of Cross Island – the land reclamation project in Dockyard – has been completed ahead of schedule and on budget, marking a “major milestone” in Bermuda’s deliverables for the 35th America’s Cup, the officials said last week. While the infill phase has been completed, the next part of the project involves installing... Read more of this article
America’s Cup Cross Island: “Major Milestone”
The first phase of Cross Island – the land reclamation project in Dockyard – has been completed ahead of schedule and on budget, marking a “major milestone” in Bermuda’s deliverables for the 35th America’s Cup, officials said today. While the infill phase has been completed, the next part of the project involves installing the infrastructure,... Read more of this article
Public Submit 300 Ideas For Cross Island Use
More than 300 ideas were submitted for the use of nine acres of reclaimed land at the Royal Naval Dockyard. “The number of submissions was astonishing given that we only had a handful of weeks to publicise this,” said Wayne Caines, chairman of the Cross Island Legacy Committee. “I said at the start that I wanted 150 ideas, so to double that is... Read more of this article
BEST Comments On Cross Island Consultation
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce [BEST] said they “would like to applaud the Cross Island Committee on their outreach and consultation efforts seeking ideas for making best use of Cross Island, once the America’s Cup Event Village has vacated the area.” “We are also appreciative of the Committee for recognising... Read more of this article
July 31: Deadline Looms For Cross Island Ideas
Sunday [July 31] is the deadline for ideas for the future use of Cross Island to be submitted. So far more than 180 submissions have been made via an on-line survey ranging from a brothel called the Queen of the West, to a venue for live music. “We set out to get more than 150 ideas,” said the chairman of the Cross Island Legacy Committee Wayne... Read more of this article
Cross Island Committee Target 150 Submissions
A committee tasked with generating ideas for the future use of nine acres of reclaimed land at the Royal Naval Dockyard has set itself a target of reaching 150 submissions before the deadline closes. More than 100 ideas for Cross Island have already been submitted to the Cross Island Legacy Committee via this link but with less than two weeks to go... Read more of this article
Video: Wayne Caines’ Cross Island Presentation
Wayne Caines — the chairman of the Cross Island Legacy Committee — was recently invited to talk to the Sandys Rotary Club about what the Committee is trying to achieve. He took them through the role of the Committee, some of the ideas generated so far, and explained how he wanted to help create a legacy that would help the Island’s economy... Read more of this article
Column: Caines On ‘Nine Acres Of Opportunity’
[Opinion column written by Wayne Caines] It is very rare in Bermuda that nine acres of land suddenly appears on the market waiting for an entrepreneur – or entrepreneurs – to come along. But that’s what is happening at Cross Island, at the Royal Naval Dockyard, and I strongly believe this presents an unheard of opportunity to create a legacy... Read more of this article
Jonathan Starling Joins Cross Island Committee
The head of one of Bermuda’s leading environmental charities has agreed to join a committee tasked with helping to find a lasting use for nine acres of reclaimed land. Jonathan Starling, the Executive Director of Greenrock, will sit on the Cross Island Legacy Committee as a full member. In addition, a member of the ACBDA Legacy and Sustainability... Read more of this article
Dozens Of Ideas Submitted For Cross Island
Ideas ranging from a ‘city’ of shipping container businesses to housing for seniors and a space for a sporting and cultural centre are among dozens which have been submitted as future uses for Cross Island. “We’ve had some brilliant ideas,” said Wayne Caines, chairman of the Cross Island Legacy Committee, set up to make recommendations for... Read more of this article
Video: Cross Island Legacy Committee Meeting
Nine acres of reclaimed land at the Royal Naval Dockyard presents an enormous opportunity for generating “out of the box’ and dynamic ideas for its future use, according to ACBDA boss Mike Winfield. Mr Winfield, the ACBDA’s CEO, was one of the stakeholders invited to be part of the consultation process over the use of Cross Island, at the Royal... Read more of this article
Wayne Caines To Chair Cross Island Committee
Well known businessman Wayne Caines has agreed to chair a committee tasked with finding a use for nine acres of new land, with the former Digicel CEO set to chair the Cross Island Legacy Committee, set up to engage with the community to get ideas for the use of the land once it has finished being used as the America’s Cup village. “This whole consultation... Read more of this article
WEDCo Contracts Deloitte For AC Village Ideas
Deloitte has been contracted by the West End Development Corporation [WEDCo] to have oversight of ideas for the future use of the America’s Cup village. The appointment of Deloitte was unveiled by WEDCo’s General Manager, Andrew Dias, at a public meeting earlier this week in Hamilton, held to encourage feedback over Cross Island. Aerial footage... Read more of this article
BEST: Cross Island Suggestions Not Revealed
Since WEDCo held its first public consultation meeting on the end-uses for the Cross Island landfill a list of the suggestions put forward has not been publicly revealed which “suggests that WEDCo is setting itself up to repeat the mis-steps that resulted in the Supreme Court quashing their original application,” the Bermuda Environmental... Read more of this article
