Comments on: ‘Potential Of Ruining, Rather Than Enhancing’

By: 235

235 — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:05:40 +0000

#saveshellybaybeach

Please don’t let this become like Horseshoe Bay or Tobacco Bay.

By: 235

235 — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:04:20 +0000

#saveshellybaybeach

By: Shelly Bay Resident

Shelly Bay Resident — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:10:27 +0000

Shelly Bay is by law a fish hatchery, a safe place for adult fish to breed and a nursery school for juvenile fish to mature. By law, activity in Shelly Bay is supposed to be minimal and regulated to protect the species of fish. Ask anyone who enjoyed Shelly Bay in the 60s and they’ll tell you how many fish were in the bay. Shelly Bay has been abused for years but bus the tourists in at high quantities and there goes your marine life in totality.

By: Varied

Varied — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:52:36 +0000

None at all, frankly. Some people seem to fear it’ll get the Snorkel Park treatment just because the idea of a concessions area is floated… as though Shelley Bay never had it in the past

By: Micro

Micro — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 02:27:25 +0000

The reality is the beach will remain as it is for the most part. It’s essentially unused during the week when you’d expect the most visitors. Negates the whole idea of the beach being overcrowded. Shelly Bay is ideal for older persons and visitors with young children looking for a quiet calm beach to relax on and the BTA would do well to market the beach as just that. The vast majority of visitors will continue to overcrowd Horseshoe and Tobacco Bay.

Really can’t see how anyone could have an issue with setting up a new and proper concession, emphasis on proper; don’t need another half run down setup. Snorkel gear, paddle boats, local music, local cuisine, guided tours; all sound like good ideas to me.

I would like to see Clearwater given more attention as well.

By: Shelly Bay

Shelly Bay — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 01:53:40 +0000

I live across the street and would love a place to get food at Shelly Bay with my kids. What’s the big deal?

By: BermudianLova

BermudianLova — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 23:23:56 +0000

Let the guy that was going to open up a small restaurant have his permit back. He had a great plan. Containers on the beach is dopey, and ugly. Also look at Tobacco bay, just disgusting there, so messy, that is not what we want Shelly Bay to turn into.

By: Çharlly X

Çharlly X — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 22:24:18 +0000

The. Beautiful Beach should not be inundated with Service providers . The human toal on the environment is hard to replace. And BTA means commercialism

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 22:11:06 +0000

Mr Burgess needs to get out of the 60′s ” we only got this beach back in the 60″s …are you serious another dinosaur that needs to go …lets start moving in a “progressive manner” Burt you have little tin soldiers standing in the way of progress ..the bets statement I heard was” the people are willing to do anything to stop this” wow and you wonder why we are currently in this position
Economically
Politically
Racially
We are in a tail spin in a plane and the captain is shouting ladies and gentlemen put your head between your knees and kiss your ………………………

By: Varied

Varied — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:12:43 +0000

I disagree on the idea that Shelley beach be a vendor-free location. This beach had concessions for a long time, problem is the facility fell into disrepair and despite a few vendors trying to make something out of it, including Yardie Kitchn and a place that sold Chinese food, the lack of clean showers and changing rooms and restrooms doomed any attempt to revitalize.

This doesn’t have to be the “community” vs BTA, no reason govt and BTA can’t have a plan that is appropriate for the area, encourages visitors and enhances the beach experience for locals too. Doesn’t have to be like a tobacco Bay but should not just be left as a bare plot of dirt in the name of preservation.

By: Honestly

Honestly — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 21:00:12 +0000

Not sure why this has been a big issue with neighbors. I remember when the r wtauranta were open at SB it was nice. Unfortunate it didn’t work out but let’s see who can be successful servicing the locals and tourists alike while enjoying SB. Clean it up and get rid of the sandy area near road if nothing is going to be placed there. Grass would’ve been visiable by now. Come on Bermuda…it’s not that deep.!

By: Wondering

Wondering — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:24:59 +0000

Ms Griffin is stuck in the 1800s. People will not be walking around selling things. And so what if they were. You won’t be their target audience.

Like Oprah said, some ideology has to die literally.

By: frank

frank — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:09:48 +0000

leave shelly bay beach alone
there is lots of room on the south shore beaches for more concessions to be set up

By: Rocky5

Rocky5 — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:52:45 +0000

Damn tourist (& expats)! If they’d just stay in their ships, Hotels & Airbnbs & leave our beaches for Bermudians what a magical place it would be, poor, BUT magical

By: What??

What?? — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 19:18:20 +0000

You want to keep the beach for you and your friends then you and your friends can pay for those bathrooms!

By: C.Griffin

C.Griffin — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:51:41 +0000

This statement was from an article in The Bermudian Magazine.

By: C.Griffin

C.Griffin — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:48:53 +0000

As you can read in my letter, we are asking for bathrooms, handicap access and proper maintenance of the playground.

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:44:23 +0000

Apples to oranges. These decisions could be reversed if its deemed a detriment. Smoking and drinking is bad for us, yet we still do it. Go figure. People are so afraid of change

By: Sorry Sir

Sorry Sir — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:19:42 +0000

I don’t really have too much of an issue with commercializing some of our beaches.

I really think Shelly Bay should remain a family beach.

However. What I don’t like is individuals profiting on these commercialized beaches. This is government land and therefore they should be trying to get profit from these. Why privatize it?

Create a new Government department (Maybe call it the ministry of Business Ventures or something) and have a small department that manages multiple properties, all the while collecting profit from these properties.

Get someone who is business savvy and make some money. The money collected can help clean up the beaches, help with adequate lifeguards, etc.

By: puzzled

puzzled — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:19:03 +0000

Gives a new meaning to Onion Soup.

Build some toilets on stilts and ……………………..never mind.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:52:24 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly. The naysayers are acting like they won’t have access to the beach anymore or something. All this will be are a few pop up stands that can/will promptly be removed if the business doesn’t work out.

By: Onion Juice

Onion Juice — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:27:57 +0000

Thats like saying we know drinking and smoking is harmful, but lets just try it and if its a detriment to our health we’ll just stop and restore our health.

By: Realist

Realist — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:59:37 +0000

Ms. Griffin, your concerns about preserving the Shelley Bay Beach for families, schools, community use are good, but have you had a real good look at Shelley Bay lately. It’s a mess in terms of aesthetics. I can agree that anything that goes there should be kept at a minimum as the beach isn’t that big and is really shallow. It is perfect for leisurely sunbathing and kid friendly activities. Nothing more like what we se at Horseshoe Bay. Shelley Bay is in desperate need of modern and clean That need alone should be what the Dissenters be putting their energy in lobbying for as a basic for Shelley Bay. A public, popular beach as Shelley Bay should have bathroom facilities. If this Government were about anything at all, that is some thing they can tender out to a private construction firm and have the cleaning of the bathrooms also put out to a private business. Make the lease contingent on exemplary reports of cleanliness of the bathroom facilities year over year. Lobby for that and not the proposals of the BTA which are not ideal for that beach.

By: William G

William G — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:28:59 +0000

Having visited a lot of beaches in the Caribbean, these “entrenepeurs” are nothing but a nuisance selling their goods. Not really what we want at Shelly Bay

By: TJ

TJ — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 15:54:42 +0000

Bermuda filled with naysayers…and this is an example. Let us try it and if it’s a detriment to the area, then by all means, cease operations and restore it. A lot of what has been said above is ridiculous…dessimate fish stock and therefore making snorkeling mundane? Smh

Hope this plan goes through.