The regeneration of Ramsey took a step forward today (Thursday) as the first sod was cut at the replacement for the Grand Island Hotel.
Isle of Man-based entrepreneur Trevor Hemmings, the brains behind the development, told Beth Espey he is hoping to have the new hotel up and running next year (play extended audio file):
(Picture: Ramsey MHK and Minister for Economic Development Allan Bell, on the left, and Trevor Hemmings, with the first scoop of earth at the site of the new hotel on Mooragh promenade).
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