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News and What The Press Has To Say About November 25, 2003 - FlamingoNestResort.com updated!!! Kip came back from Inagua with a CD full of pictures from the job site that are posted for you to see. View photos of the job site, see The Nest and the rest emerge from the ground and take shape! Please keep in mind that the resort is under construction - job sites usually look pretty chaotic, messy and generally ugly. In construction, you have to mess it up before it gets built. The site has been cleared through the middle, so many of the mature trees have been relocated during construction. Look back to the site plan to try and imagine what it will look like when the site is completed, restored, and fully landscaped! We are very pleased with the progress made on construction as well as the quality construction that Kip and his crews have brought to the job. If you have questions on construction, please feel free to call or write. November, December 2003 - As part of our Approved Project Status, the Bahamian government said we needed to conduct and Environmental Impact Assessment. Requests for Proposals have been issued to various environmental engineering firms throughout The Bahamas and South Florida. The firm that gets the job must be approved by the government. After that, the study will take place over a three week period. This documentation is needed by The Bahamian government to verify that the project is not and will not be detrimental to the environment. With all that we have planned to restore native species, build the resort in an environmentally sound manner, manage the resort in concert with the natural environment and our program of community development projects, we are certain that the government will agree that the project is an environmental bonus for the island. October 28-31 - (Fort Lauderdale) Flamingo Nest Resort exhibited at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Information on the resort and investment invitation fliers were handed out to hundreds of show attendees. The resort was very well received by the boating community. The show was a success for the resort in terms of raising awareness of the island as a boating destination and generating new investor leads. October - (Fort Lauderdale) Flamingo Nest Resort gets a new look. Flamingo Nest Resort logo is designed and put into use on letterhead, business cards, and placed on Flamingo Nest Resort.com. Give us feedback - what do you think? September 18-20 - (Miami) Flamingo Nest Resort attended the Diving Equipment Manufacturer's Association (DEMA) trade show at the Miami Convention Center. Resort staff traveled to all the booths at the shows and presented Flamingo Nest Resort to trade show exhibitors. The show was a success in terms of raising awareness of the resort amongst the diving community, discovering that Inagua is a highly desired but until now, previously inaccessible destination for divers, and that the development of a full-service dive shop would create an additional market for the resort. Networking at the show yielded qualified leads of diving-oriented investors. July 12, 2003 - (Fort Lauderdale) Flamingo Nest Development Corporation is pleased to announce the launch of www.flamingonestresort.com. The site was created in-house to serve as a basic means of keeping investors updated on project status, providing project information for potential investors, and raising awareness of Flamingo Nest Resort and the island of Inagua as a new eco-tourism destination. The site offers surfers project background, location information, design and construction details, project updates, press coverage, links to more detailed information and information for investors and potential investors. June 27, 2003 - Bahamas National Budget approved with funds allocated to construct full-service immigration facility on Inagua. Project will handle all immigration issues effecting the southern family islands and will create 25 jobs for local Inaguans. Budget also sets aside funds for the construction of a 25 bed hospital on the island. June 21, 2003 - The Bahamas' Prime Minister Christie and MICAL Representative Alfred Gray travel to Inagua to participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the opening of the new municipal reverse osmosis plant. Mr. Gray took the first ceremonial drink of water, befitting his role as Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Local Government. The plant produces 400,000 million gallons per day (MGD), far exceeding the local population's water demand of 150,000 (MGD). The plant is expandable to accommodate future water demand up to 1,000,000 MGD. During Prime Minister Christie's speech, he pointed to the water treatment plant as one way that the government can contribute to the infrastructure necessary to encourage new investment on the island of Inagua. He bestowed generous praise on Flamingo Nest Resort and Mr. Kip Nixon, saying that he was pleased that the resort could be the first significant private sector development to tie into the project and that the island welcomed such a significant level of outside investment. He wished the resort future success and said Flamingo Nest Resort exemplifies the exciting future that is in store for Inagua. June 16, 2003 - Floor framing begins on The Nest and four bungalows. June 13, 2003 - All foundations and block piers for the entire resort are completed. Backfilling completed to accommodate the construction of floor frames and other above grade parts of the structures. May 29, 2003 - Bahamas National Economic Council grants final approval to Flamingo Nest Resort to become an Approved Project under the Hotels Encouragement Act. May 12, 2003 - (The Nassau Guardian) MP Alfred Gray stated that "[the water treatment plant] has been a long time coming. We are very excited about the possibility that once the water gets running, the touristic developments will begin to take place. We are looking forward to great things on Inagua in the not-to-distant future." He said that the Bahamian government is actively trying to find Bahamian and non-Bahamian investors to invest in the island's development. With the commissioning of the water system, in addition to electricity and telephone service already in place, Inagua can look forward to great things happening. He also pointed to the fact that Inagua skirts the sea lane of maritime traffic from the Caribbean to the Americas. "At the moment we have cruise ships stopping here at least once per month. I believe that given the nearness of the island to the sea traffic lane we might be able to encourage several ships to stop once per month. And if every ship brings 1,500 to 2,000 passengers, you would not even want to imagine what kind of economic impact that would have," he said. "I also believe that Inagua has the best fertile circumstances for eco-tourism," Minister Gray said. "We have the breeding ground for the flamingoes. And I believe that people would travel from around the world just to see the habitat and the place where the world-famous flamingoes are in the greatest numbers in the world." Also, he continued, "We have the donkeys. I don't believe some Canadians and Americans have ever seen donkeys. But some of us have only seen it in pictures, and I say this is the island where you can almost touch them, and walk with them and ride them. And that can be part of our eco-tourism thrust." With proper management and promotion, Mr. Gray suggested, Inagua could become the economic capital for the Southeastern Bahamas. May 4, 2003 - (The Nassau Guardian) Prime Minister Perry Christie announces that Inagua has the potential to become a major shipping hub and invited investors to explore means of taking advantage of such a possibility during a speech at the Mediterranean Shipping Company of the United State's annual seminar. "Given the geographical location of Inagua it is not unreasonable to assume the possibility of such developments. Especially ones that would help to facilitate more shipping to the Caribbean and South America. The features of these islands are ideal for it," Prime Minister Perry said. "One, deep water comes right into the land; two, Inagua is closer to Puerto Rico than to Nassau. He said islands like Inagua are 'ripe for the picking' in terms of investment. In fact, Inagua has already become a station for the United States Coast Guard and the Defence Force. Therefore, it is only a matter of time for other shipping linkages to be formed there as well. The Bahamas is continually seeking to diversify its economy via the maritime industry and has passed legislation to promote it as a premier ship registry centre. Evidence of this is seen in the active ship registry which is comprised of a variety of ships particularly tanker, bulk cargo, container and cruise ships. Ship registration is different from establishing a shipping hub. A ship can be registered in the Bahamas without ever having to come into Bahamian waters. Mr. Smith said the Government not only wants more ships registered in the country, but wants those ships to use Bahamian ports. "Such developments in these islands could bring about a big boost in the economy," he said. "Investors need only go through the normal process like applying for the necessary licenses. The opportunity is there if they want it." The Bahamas is one of the world's leading ship registry centres. This success in the maritime sector is due mainly to the focus placed on quality instead of quantity. The Freeport Container Port in Grand Bahama has become the ideal transshipment point for cargo crossing the globe. Should Inagua become an additional shipping hub, The Bahamas would experience an economic 'shipping explosion.' February 1, 2003 - (Fort Lauderdale) Dinner party celebration to announce the official launch of the Flamingo Nest Resort. A close circle of friends and family gathered together to be the first to learn about the project, toast our future success and wish us the best as we embarked on this ambitious project. FNR staff will be working to insert past dates of importance. 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