Ua haki ʻia ka honua ma mua o kēia lā (Malaki 17) no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pā ma Devon House, i mea e ʻoi aku ka nani a me ka palekana no nā kamaʻāina a me nā malihini. ʻO ka papahana, aia ma kahi o $70 miliona, ke hoʻokō ʻia nei e ka Tourism Enhancement Fund, e like me kāna kauoha e hāpai i ka ulu a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi.
Ma ke kamaʻilio ʻana ma ka ʻaha hoʻopaʻa ʻāina kūhelu, ʻO Jamaica Huakaʻi Kuhina Hon. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Edmund Bartlett, ʻo ka haʻihaʻi ʻāina e hōʻailona ana i ke kūpaʻa o ke aupuni e hoʻonoho iā Kingston ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokipa gastronomy.
"I kēia lā ke hoʻomaka nei mākou i kahi hoʻomohala hou e hoʻonoho iā Kingston a me Devon House ma ke ʻano he kapikala gastronomy o ka Caribbean a, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke Komohana Komohana. ʻO ka gastronomy ka puʻuwai o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā malihini kipa a puni ka honua, e helu ana i ka 42% o nā lilo meaʻai malihini, me ka poʻe malihini e hoʻolilo iā US $ 9.3 trillion e neʻe ana ma nā palena i 2019. Inā mākou e paʻi i kahi hapa o ia mea, e ʻohi ko mākou poʻe i nā pōmaikaʻi. ʻO ka gastronomy, no mākou, ʻo ia ke kia helu ʻekahi o ka ulu ʻana, "wahi a Kuhina Bartlett.
ʻO ka hana hou, e hana ʻia ana e Bernard's Construction Services, e alakaʻi ʻia i ʻelua mau hana. E hoʻomaka ka pae mua ma mua o ka pau ʻana o ka makahiki kālā, a e alakaʻi ʻia ka lua i ka makahiki kālā 2022/2023.
"ʻO ka gastronomy no mākou a ʻo Devon House ka mea maʻamau no ka hōʻike ʻana no ka huakaʻi ʻo Kingston i ka manawa."
"I kēia lā ke nānā nei mākou i kahi $70 miliona no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka pā hale e hoʻolilo iā ia i wahi hanohano, hoʻohiwahiwa, hauʻoli, a me nā mea nani - kahi āu e makemake ai e lilo ʻoe i wahi kūpono," wahi a Bartlett.
ʻO ka hoʻolālā hou e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia he nui, e like me: nā ʻili like ʻole mai nā aʻa lāʻau ma kahi kokoke; maikaʻi ʻole ka hoʻoheheʻe wai, kahi e hiki ai i ke kahe ʻana i ka wā ua; Noho palena ʻole no nā poʻe kipa a me nā hana ʻino i nā kolamu lāʻau a me nā pergolas. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole ʻae ka hoʻolālā o kēia manawa i ka maʻalahi o ka neʻe ʻana i ka wā e hele ai i nā hale kūʻai like ʻole a me nā hale ʻaina i ka pā.
ʻO ka laulā o nā hana e pili ana i ke kūkulu ʻana o:
- ʻElua gazebos
- He hale komo hou
- Pergola
- ʻO ka paʻa paʻa a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻāina hou (me nā ala hele kaʻa pavers brick, kerbs, a me nā mea kanu
- ʻO ka pā pale Lattice a me nā puka i ka pā lawelawe
- Nā paia noho kaʻa i hoʻoikaika ʻia
- Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka lako wai (me ka hoʻoneʻe ʻana i nā mea hoʻoheheʻe ahi e kū nei a me nā paipu hose hou)
- Ka wai ʻino
- Hoʻokomo kukui
- Pena a hoʻopau
Ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i kāna kākoʻo i ka hana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Hope Mayor of Kingston, Councilor Winston Ennis, "Ua hauʻoli ka KSAMC e kākoʻo i ka hoʻomohala hou e hana ʻia ma ʻaneʻi ma kēia ʻāina, a ke hāʻawi nei mākou i nā kōkua ʻenehana hou aʻe e koi ʻia a puni ka honua. ke ola o ka papahana e hōʻoia i ke kaʻina hana hoʻokō e like me ka maʻalahi a hiki i nā hopena hope loa. "
Ua loaʻa pū ka manaʻo i ka ʻae ʻia mai ka lālā o ka Pāremata no ka ʻāpana koho o Saint Andrew North Eastern a me ke Kuhina o ka Lunakanawai Hon. ʻO Delroy Chuck, ka mea nāna i haʻi i kēlā, "Ke mahalo nei au i ka Ministry of Tourism a me ka Tourism Enhancement Fund no ka hana maikaʻi a lākou e hana nei i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kēia paʻakikī e kū nei ma Kingston kahi wahi e hiki ai i nā Jamaica a pau ke kipa aku a me ka maʻi maʻi e hiki mai ana. ʻAʻohe oʻu kānalua ʻo Devon House kahi wahi e hōʻuluʻulu ai ka poʻe e like me kā lākou i hana ai ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi.
Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Devon House ma ke ʻano he hoʻokahi o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi hoʻoilina hoʻoilina ma Kingston Metropolitan Resort Area. ʻO ka Iāmeka Ua hui pū ʻo Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) me ka Devon House Development Company Limited a me Tourism Product Development Company Limited e hoʻokō i kekahi mau papahana ma ka Devon House Heritage Site, i manaʻo ʻia e mālama i ka pūnaewele a me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i kāna noi nani no nā kamaʻāina a me nā mākaʻikaʻi like. .
Mai ka makahiki 2012, ua hoʻolako kālā ʻo TEF i kekahi mau hoʻomohala ʻenehana e hoʻomau i ke kālā. ʻO kekahi o nā mea i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia, ʻo ia ka: ka papahele o nā ala hele, ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi hale kūʻai hau kalima hou a me kahi hale hoʻomaha hou o ka lehulehu, ka wehe ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana i kahi pauma hemahema a me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi pamu hou, ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka pā a puni ka waiwai, a me nā hana hoʻomaikaʻi i ka Devon House Mansion.
Hāʻule pololei ʻo Devon House ma lalo o ke kākoʻo o ka Ministry of Tourism nāna e hoʻokele i ka waiwai.