The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) plans to use its annual government subvention to restore City Hall, but Mayor Hamilton Green says he is still awaiting word from experts he consulted before works can begin.
In September last year, Green had told this newspaper that the plan was to raise $400 million to restore the historic City Hall to its pre-Independence glory by reaching out to the Diaspora. However, that idea was not well received by Director of Culture, Professor James Rose.
Rose had said that that kind of civic-mindedness no longer exists and it would have been best if the council approached funding agencies. “Our best bet would be