It has been manic this year!

Gosh! it has been manic here this year since Christmas and the tourists are no longer a rare sighting - which is great to see. Our new posh signs have gone up at our new office and the location, in the heart of Grace Bay is super, with more "walk in's" showing the upturn in the market and traffic. We continue to take on more listings and and our unique visitors to our websites is increasing in a steady upward trend. These are all good indicators that the season will be better than last year, and it was very slow, as any company will tell you. Our Canadian friends are taking full advantage of the super new WESTJET service and this company announce that it will be continuing the service after the initial trial period ends. We had down a super couple from Canada this week who stayed at the lovely Regent Palms, with a specific desire to find that super holiday home, and we are all exhausted after much mooching about - all good fun though. We came across this motley looking crew as we traveled around, and they were happy to have their photo take. This is a great initiative by the owner of Regent Palms to clean up the verges and get the grass under control. The gang leader, (chap on the left) was tickled pink when I showed him the photo which was fun.

The other night the long awaited VERANDA opened up for the locals to have a look round and a very good bash it was too. The property is due to open in February as is really stunning. There has been much work of late undertaken on the project, considerable re-design from the original concept in some areas and a defunct project, which when down in 2008 has now been finished, providing much needed work and a boost to our economy here.
The dreadful events in HAITI have focused our minds on how lucky were are to be in this part of the world. We are getting stuck in helping the Salvation Army raise funds, and we are running an art auction at the end of March. All the art work has been donated and all funds raised will go directly to the Salvation Army Appeal for Haiti. The Sally Army, as many call it, supports regularly the Fire Service Volunteers and a team went to Haiti from here to help out.

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The images here are the pieces of art that can be purchased directly. ALL the proceeds will go to the Salvation Army and the payment method is on this page. Bids are sent to info@caribbeanhomefinder.net which can be found from the website link.

There is much energy here in Turks and Caicos helping out our Haitian friends and neighbors.

A desperate situation

Haiti has come onto the world stage with the terrible earthquake, and thankfully our fantastic communications enable us to not only find out very fast, but do something as I suspect we feel helpless. Sitting here in Turks and Caicos, we felt a rumble, only slight, but enough to recognize that something was afoot.

Many activities swung into action. The Salvation Army opened up and account, opened up an internet access point and drop off point, started collecting immediately at the local large grocery store. The Red Cross organised fund raising events and opened up and internet access point. The airport became a stopping point for many plane, and volunteers provided comfort for tired crews. The Fire Service Volunteers got organized and went to help dig out.

We are only 150 miles or so from Haiti, and we felt helpless. Many Haitian workers here received terrible news.

Our friend, who has business and family in Haiti recieve personal good news, but others are not so fortunate. Here is a direct link to a local community hospital.

On and on went the news.

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