Archive for June 2021
USVI Small Business Resources Summer Edition
Helping Businesses Grow and Succeed BIZBUZZ Visit us on Facebook, Twitter, Google Business or the USVI Business Hub for updates.The VI SBDC wants to let our community know that we are available to assist local businesses in the Virgin Islands. St. Thomas/St. John call 340-693-1694 St. Croix call 340-692-4294 email us: info@visbdc.org UPCOMING WEBINARSUSVIEDA Small…
Read More“Made in the USVI” Pop-Up Store Opens on St. John! — Store Opens in July 2021
The Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority’s (VIEDA) Enterprise Zone Commission (EZC), in partnership with the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources’ (VIDPNR) Virgin Islands Council on the Arts (VICA), will host the “Made in the USVI” Pop Up Shop on St. John from July 1-10, 2021 during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday. …
Read MoreSummer Employment Program Orientation Photos
My Brother’s Workshop Education Celebrates Seven Graduates
MBW Graduates (left to right) Amon Re Smith, Alan Sprauve, Akeem McIntosh and Tatyhane Colbert were the MBW graduates able to attend graduation in person. The Eljhaie Brathwaite Project played the processional, “Pomp and Circumstance.” Chrystie Payne, MBW Communications Director, served as MC. Julius Jackson and Scott Bradley welcomed the crowd and thanked everyone for…
Read MoreUSVI’s Krygsveld Wins 28th International Optimist Regatta
Fourteen-year-old Tanner Krygsveld focused on maintaining his lead as he started the third and final day of racing in the 28th International Optimist Regatta (IOR), hosted at St. Thomas Yacht Club (STYC), June 18 to 20. The St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands sailor led the event from the first day, and despite a strong field…
Read MoreUSVIHTA Annual General Meeting
The Caribbean Conundrum: United by Tourists, Divided by Covid
*This article was published by the New York Times and shared by a subscriber. By Emily Palmer May 25, 2021 On the glassy blue waters surrounding the U.S. Virgin Islands, catamarans and pleasure yachts have packed the shoreline for the past year — a scene so busy and crowded, it’s unimaginable, even before the pandemic. Indeed, the business…
Read More28th International Optimist Regatta, TOTE Clinic & TOTE Team Race this Week – June 14-20
A fleet of 8- to 15-year-old sailors from Antigua, Canada, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S.A, and U.S. Virgin Islands will race 8-foot long single-sail Optimist dinghies in the TOTE Clinic, Monday through Wednesday, the TOTE Team Race on Thursday, and the International Optimist Regatta (IOR), Friday through Sunday. This trio of events is one…
Read MoreUSVI Charter Yacht Show Set for Nov. 7-10 at IGY’s Yacht Haven Grande, in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Organizers of the USVI Charter Yacht Show, the premier event in the U.S. Virgin Islands for charter brokers and crewed yachts to see and be seen, are pleased to announce that the 2021 show will take place November 7 to 10, at IGY’s (Island Global Yachting) Yacht Haven Grande St. Thomas Marina. In the five…
Read MoreCoral World Ocean Park June 2021 Update
JUNE UPDATE SUMMER SCHEDULE OPEN 5 DAYS A WEEK 9:00PM- 4:00PM (ticket booth closes at 3pm) CLOSED THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS BOOK NOW Join us for our MACAW TALK every day at 10:40am EXCITING DOLPHIN NEWS! *** WELCOME TO THE FAMILY NOLA & CAVELLO! We are SUPER excited to welcome two Atlantic bottlenose dolphins to our Coral…
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