ST MARY COUNCIL GETS HELP IN SPRUCING UP PARK THAT WAS ONCE PRIDE AND JOY OF PARISH CAPITAL
PORT MARIA, St Mary; May 26, 2026
Clembhard’s Park in Port Maria was the St. Mary Municipal Corporation’s 2026 Labour Day Project on Monday, May 25.
The project was carried out under the National Labour Day theme: ‘One People, One Purpose: In All Things Jamaica Wins’.
(Chief Executive Officer at the St Mary Municipal Corporation, Ethlyn Douglas (left), and Public Relations Officer of St. Mary Ambassadors for Change (SMAC) Alyssa Francis, participate in Labour Day activities at Clembhard’s Park in Port Maria, St. Mary).
Activities included de-bushing and clean-up exercises, painting and beautification works, bathroom repairs and maintenance, wasp treatment, and pest-control measures.
Also, the volunteers planted trees under the Reforestation, Ecological Enhancement and Landscape Framework (RE-LEAF) Programme.
According to JIS, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Municipal Corporation, Ethlyn Douglas, said the initiative was designed to restore and enhance spaces for the enjoyment of residents.
(Social Development Commission (SDC) St. Mary Parish Manager, Shawin Reynolds, participates in Labour Day clean-up activities at Clembhard’s Park in Port Maria, on Monday, May 25).
“We hope that persons will actually see that community facilities are important to their everyday life,” she told JIS News.
The CEO also said that plans are in place for the continued development of Clembhard’s Park.
The SMMC was supported in the Labour Day activities by community-based non-profit organisation – St. Mary Ambassadors for Change (SMAC), represented by President, Tashiba Julius, and Public Relations Officer, Alyssa Francis.
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