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Media Contact: 
 
 
 
 
           
 
 
Semele A.C. George 
Marketing and PR Specialist 
 
 
 
 
                                                St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tel. No.:  340-714-1700 
 
 
 
 
NEWS RELEASE 
 
 
 
 
 
January 23, 2020 
For immediate release 
 
Town Hall Meetings on Virgin Islands  
Economic Development Authority to be held in January 2020 
 
VIEDA to host Town Hall Meetings on St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas 
 
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands  –  January 23, 2020 -– U.S. Virgin Islands residents and business 
owners will have opportunities to learn about how the Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (VIEDA) 
facilitates economic opportunity and share their ideas and recommendations on how programs under the VIEDA can 
be improved for the USVI community at Town Hall meetings in January 2020 territory-wide. 
 
St. Croix: 
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 
6PM-9PM 
University of the Virgin Islands - Albert Sheen Campus 
Great Hall 
No. 2 Golden Grove 
Kingshill, St. Croix, USVI 00850 
 
St. John: 
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 
6PM-8PM 
St. John Legislative Annex  
The Cleone H. Creque Legislative Conference Room (Top Floor) 
1B Cruz Bay 
St. John, USVI 00831 
 
St. Thomas: 
Thursday, January 30, 2020 
6PM-9PM 
Virgin Islands Small Business Development Training Center 
8000 Nisky Center, 2nd Fl., Suite No. 720 
St. Thomas, USVI 00802 
 
 
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Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority 
VIEDA News Release dated January 23, 2020 - FINAL 
“Town Hall Meetings on the VI Economic Development Authority to be held in January 2020:   
Economic Development Commission to host Town Hall Meetings on St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John” 
Prepared by Semele A.C. George, marketing and public relations specialist  
  
Attendees will also have opportunities to ask questions and speak one-on-one with VIEDA team 
members. 
 
Established since 2001, the VIEDA is a semi-autonomous governmental instrumentality responsible 
for the promotion of economic development in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Four entities exist under its 
umbrella:  the Economic Development Commission, Economic Development Bank, Economic 
Development Park Corporation and the Enterprise Zone Commission.  VIEDA offices are located 
on St. Thomas and St. Croix. 
 
VIEDA Chief Executive Officer Kamal I. Latham; Assistant Chief Executive Officer Wayne L. 
Biggs, Jr.; Managing Director, Economic Development, Margarita A. Benjamin and other team  
members will lead the Town Hall meetings with a discussion about economic development and the 
purpose of the VIEDA in the Territory.   Economic development practitioners from other VIEDA 
divisions will also be present to share information and answer questions about its programs and 
services. 
 
To learn more, contact the VIEDA office on St. Thomas at 340-714-1700, ext. no. 1133; or send an 
email to Ja’Nelle Forbes, administrative assistant, at jforbes@usvieda.org. 
 
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