Residents: Make Andrews activities hub

Some residents in St Joseph are calling for the transformation of the old Andrews Sugar Factory into a hub for community-based activities, including a farmers’ market and other public facilities.

The factory was officially closed in 2014 to facilitate the construction of a new state-of-the-art, multipurpose factory aimed at transitioning the local sugar industry into a more sustainable sugarcane industry. Today, however, that site appears abandoned with aging machinery and is often used for the parish’s annual kite flying festival.