News

Videos

Mahogany Hill video 14 – Mayor and MP endorse development and donation to Chester School-8April22

Mahogany Hill video 13 – Chester Primary School books and health packs donation-with commentary-2Dec21

Mahogany Hill video 12 – Our land on the left new tarmacked southern access Nelson Road-with commentary-1Oct20

Mahogany Hill video 11 – Nearby St Anns Bay church with organ music-15July20

Mahogany Hill video 10 – Southern section keeping all hardwood trees good soil for construction-with commentary-1June20

Mahogany Hill video 9 – Clearing pest trees not hardwoods for survey-with commentary-1June20

Mahogany Hill video 8 – Nearby seafront-with commentary-3July19

Mahogany Hill video 7 – Existing school field on our western border-with commentary-1June20

Mahogany Hill video 6 – Existing school on our western border-with commentary-1June20.MP4

Mahogany Hill video 5 – Driving north downhill land on right-with commentary-1June20

Mahogany Hill video 4 – Two existing houses near western access-with commentary-1June20.MP4

Mahogany Hill video 3 – Phase two southern part scrub-with commentary- 1June20

Mahogany Hill video 2 – Electricity poles to site-with commentary-1June20

Mahogany Hill video 01 – Western access road and existing church-with commentary-1June20

Newsletters

Newsletter October ’22

Mahogany Hill Affordable Eco-Village latest news! Dear Shareholder September ’22 has proved to be the long awaited turning point in the Mahogany Hill development – 2 huge milestones are now achieved: 1st the granting of the land title to our 45 acres of prime building land; & 2nd… wait for it… drumroll… the St Ann […]

Newsletter July ’22

Mahogany Hill Affordable Eco-Village latest news! Dear Shareholders The last time we spoke Russia had just invaded Ukraine… what a difference 3 months can make. 2022 has been a challenging year for the project as we chase the final major planning approvals. Every time we got close, like the detective Columbo, there was always… ‘Just […]

Newsletter March ’22

Mahogany Hill Affordable Eco-Village latest news: Slava Ukraine! Dear Shareholders! I cannot let the current situation pass without comment. I’ve travelled to both Ukraine & Russia extensively, & I count both Ukrainians & Russians as friends. I do believe however that an existential threat exists today under the dubious stewardship in Russia of Vladimir Putin. […]

Newsletter December ’21

Mahogany Hill Affordable Eco-Village latest news! Merry Christmas one & all! 2022 is fast approaching & I’ve been remiss not sending a Newsletter since September, apologies! Now in the final stages of Mahogany Hill preparations things are accelerating fast & we’re working flat out. With Jamaican incorporation, finance discussions, planning applications & last minute adjustments, […]

Newsletter September ’21

Mahogany Hill Affordable Eco-Village latest news! The countdown begins! There are several planning permissions which have to be approved before we can begin the actual building work on Mahogany Hill, however it breaks down into 3 major hurdles: 1. Zoning approval: changing in our case the proposed development land from ‘undesignated’ (ex-sugarcane regrowth) to ‘housing’; […]

Newsletter June ’21

Mahogany Hill Affordable Eco-Village latest news! Hello everyone! First of all may I take this opportunity to wish you all good health and mental and spiritual strength in these trying times. I am fully vaccinated and now feel much more confident about Covid, at the same time understanding how tough it has been for all […]

Newsletter March ’21

Welcome to 2021! Dear shareholder, it seems a long time since I last put pen to paper. Christmas came and went and vaccines were rolled out (gratefully received by yours truly) and the normal world seems within our grasp once again. A big sigh of relief all ‘round is merited I believe. Jamaica and Coronavirus […]

Newsletter December ’20

Mahogany Hill Affordable Eco-Village powers ahead! OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2020 MILESTONES DELIVERED: Subdivision 1 passed! In November the twelve planning agencies of Jamaica gave the green light to the first of two subdivision applications for the Mahogany Hill site, after which we can begin construction. Subdivision 2 (the final application) will be submitted Jan ’21 with expected […]

Newsletter October ’20

Hello all. September proved to be another busy month with the optimising of the new website www.wotshot.com and simultaneous launch of the project financial information Data Room. We are very happy that both are finally live. The Data Room took six months of hard work by Michael Dvorak, and an excellent job he did too. Now all […]

Newsletter September ’20

Welcome to our first Mahogany Hill newsletter! It seems a long time ago that I shared a coffee with Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica in 2015 and simply asked him, ‘What does Jamaica need?’ His answer, ‘Affordable housing and renewable energy!’ With a background in construction and a renewable energy consultancy which had just […]