What is the future of the hurricane-ravaged Caneel Bay Resort at Virgin Islands National Park? The Virgin Islands Daily News recently asked numerous questions around that issue and got some answers, and some deflections, from CBI Acquisitions, which holds the lease to the property.
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I am so grateful that I visited the US Virgin Islands in 2014 and saw the five parks - two on St. John and three on St. Thomas.
While in St. John, we stayed in the campground in the national park.
You never know what can happen. Get out there!
Danny Bernstein
I fail to see how insurance companies would pay more than replacement value. Caneel simply does not have to disclose private infomation.
In my experience, flood/hurricane insurance typically pay far less than replacement value.
The real treasure is the serene beauty of this place on our planet that will heal itself in time. (But) Contemporary economics demand an abbreviated time to adjust, negotiate, & spend the monetary commodity. Yes, the local community with empathetic support from disinterested comptrollers and true politicians who must be farsighted (i. e. , are in the game for the Long Time (well beyond our lives): to enhance nature with human needs) should be front and center in all decisions. The Virgin Islands need a selfless leader who loves the land (may I suggest Tim Duncan?) The financial commodity should be utilized in no great rush but with love for the place which nature created and for those who call it home. And for those whom good fortune may one day afford a visit. The commodity of money from insurers will and is being replenished daily by the collection of premiums. I am ignorant of the politics and arrangements of the past, which I suspect were agreed upon with laudable intentions, but I think the goal today is to help the people and economy by utilizing the available commodity of dollars, sheparded by neutral and trusted third parties with strong input from those financially responsible. What I really am saying, build a great team, respect the locals, locals in turn should respect the help that comes; find the right leader.
The most beautiful resort in the world! My husband and i spent over 25 years vacationing at Caneel, sometimes twice a years. It was the closest thing to "heaven". Even when he needed a wheel chair, we still vacationed there. I pray that it will be restored - the same kind of peaceful, beautiful, quiet place - not a Miami-type resort. And I hope I will have a chance to visit once more. I have only wonderful, pleasant memories of the beautiful beaches. Again, I felt like I was in "heaven" with each visit. Please let me know if you do plan to rebuilt. Let me know so I can have that one more visit. I will die happy. Thanks for so many wonderful vacations.
Barbara Ann Dabrowski
Oradell, N. J. 07649