BHB meeting was overflowing with people
The Bermuda Hospital's Board meeting this evening was packed out with hundreds of people who turned up to express their opposition to the destruction of the Botanical Gardens. The north auditorium at the Bermuda College was not big enough for everyone and there were many people who were unable to fit inside! After the meeting, Anthony Richardson from the BHB agreed to have Friday's meeting in the same place so please be aware of this change and encourage your friends and family to go along.
It was a very interesting meeting and I will post a full summary of it tmrw. I just want to thank everyone who signed the petition outside the meeting. There are 143 signatures (most with phone numbers and e.mail addresses) on this just from tonight's meeting alone. Thanks to Sheelagh Cooper for organising this at the last minute. It will go into a much larger petition, which is currently being formalised by various people.
I would just like to remind everyone that the Premier has extended the period of public consultation regarding this decision. We have another chance now to express our opposition to this plan and I think we should seize it. Please get as many people involved as you can, especially those people who use the Botanical Gardens on a regular basis. This is not just an open space issue... the Botanical Gardens provides many essential functions for our community and is an indispensable part of our identity in addition to being a major tourist attraction.
The Limey's notes from this meeting
"Public Packs First Meeting" - A brief article in the Bermuda Sun about Thursday's meeting.
Capacity crowd opposes plan to use Gardens - Detailed overview of Thursday's meeting in the Royal Gazette
Comments
I do not agree with the decision to build at Botanical Gardens. Please let it be what we know it as, I have memeroies there which I'd like to talk about and show my children one day.
Posted by: Ana Parkin | September 22, 2006 08:03 AM
Val Wallace's song: My Open Spaces, sings to the Save the Gardens cause. Please listen to it and ACT!
Posted by: Ardleigh Young | September 22, 2006 11:55 AM