You can put your pens down folks! The Government has announced that it will NOT be building the new hospital on the Botanical Gardens.
Below is a (new) draft letter to Premier Ewart Brown that you may copy and paste. It is best if you modify it with your own thoughts but if you don't have the time you can simply add your details at the bottom and send it off.
Dear Premier,
I support the need for a new Acute Care Hospital in Bermuda. However, I object to any development whatsoever in the Botanical Gardens. They are a Bermudian national icon in addition to being a beautiful, protected national park, a major tourist attraction and a superb educational and scientific resource. All parks are incredibly valuable to society but the Botanical Gardens are extra special and are widely used by the entire community. We cannot afford to lose them!
I am aware that there will be difficulties rebuilding on the existing hospital site but these issues will be short term whereas the effects of destroying the heart of the Botanical Gardens will be permanent.
Please preserve the Botanical Gardens intact for future generations.
Yours Sincerely
Name
Parish/ Town
Country
Click on the link below to find contact information for all the relevant people (including the new Ministers) that your letter should be addressed and copied to.
Letters and faxes are usually preferable to emails for letter writing campaigns. However, e.mails don't require dead trees so - it's up to you. Below is all the contact information you need to send your letter.
Address your letter/fax or e.mail to:
Premier Ewart Brown
The Hon. Dr. Ewart Brown, Justice of the Peace (JP), Member of Parliament (MP).
The Cabinet Building, 105 Front Street, Hamilton HM 12, Bermuda.
Telephone (441) 292-5501
Fax (441) 292-8397
E.mail: ebrown@gov.bm
Copy your letter/fax or e.mail to:
Paula Cox (Minister of Finance)
Government Administration Building
30 Parliament Street
Hamilton HM12
Bermuda
Telephone: (441) 295 5151 Ext. 1495
Fax: (441) 295 5727
E.mail: pcox@gov.bm
Nelson Bascome (Minister of Health)
Government Administration Building
30 Parliament Street
Hamilton HM12
Bermuda
Telephone: (441) 278 4900 Ext. 4901
Fax: (441) 292 2622
E.mail: nbascome@gov.bm
Neletha Butterfield (Minister of Environment)
Government Administration Building
30 Parliament Street
Hamilton HM12
Bermuda
Telephone: (441) 297 7590
Fax: (441) 292 2349
E.mail: nbutterfield@gov.bm
Sustainable Development Unit
Central Policy Unit,
Cabinet Office,
105 Front Street,
Hamilton HM 12
Telephone: (441) 298 7193
Fax: (441) 296 0555
E.mail: chartingourcourse@gov.bm
Sustainable Development Round Table
c/o The Sustainable Development Unit,
Central Policy Unit,
Cabinet Office,
105 Front Street,
Hamilton HM 12
Telephone: (441) 298 7193
Fax: (441) 296 0555
E.mail: sdrt@logic.bm
Bermuda Hospitals Board
P.O. Box HM 1023
Hamilton HM DX
Bermuda
Telephone: (441) 239-2182
Fax: (441) 239-2182
E.mail (preferable form of communication for the BHB): newsite@bermudahospitals.bm
Please copy e.mails to so that we can keep a record of how many are sent. Thanks!
Please also copy your hand written letters to this address:
Save The Gardens
Garden Cottage
Oleander Hill
Smiths
FL08
