LAUDERHILL – Newly-elected president of the Trelawny Chamber of Commerce (TCC), Richard Bourke plans to ensure that business interests in the parish maximise commercial gains from the development of the $7.5-billion cruise ship pier in Falmouth.
Bourke will be speaking at the Lauderhill City Hall located at 5581 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Lauderhill on Wednesday, July 14 at 6:30pm.
“There are a number of projects relating to the co-ordination of the pier and the feeling is that a lot of the planning has been done outside of the parish so really we as a chamber we want to get much more involved,” Bourke told the Observer West.
Bourke, who has been chairman of the Montego Bay chapter of Jamaica Hotel and Tourist Association (JHTA) for the past three years surrendered that post to make himself free for assuming the leadership of the TCC, which was held by the outspoken Dennis Seivwright for the past six years.
He said “the significant order of business is generating new membership for the chamber” and “mending fences and getting everybody involved”.
“The chamber over the years has tended to be a little bit divided so we intend to get everybody back to the table,” he said.
Bourke is also moving to integrate more of the business from South Trelawny into the chamber.
” There is a perception that the chamber of commerce is a Falmouth entity but as the name implies it is purposely named Trelawny Chamber of Commerce and we already have a lot of interests from persons out of southern Trelawny,” he said.
