Digicel last Saturday handed over a refurbished community centre to the residents of Matthew’s Ridge, Region One.
Digicel’s Director of Marketing Jacqueline James in her address to the gathering said that the company was pleased to have renovated the facility.
In collecting the keys, Shondell St. Juste, Member of the Regional Democratic Council said that the rehabilitated facility will definitely be put to good use.
A Partnership for National Unity Member of Parliament with responsibility for Region 1, Richard Allen said that Matthew’s Ridge will once again be a sporting hub for Region 1.
The Community Centre which is also used for magistrate’s court sittings had been in a state of disrepair reportedly for some nineteen years.
Allen however said this was not quite true since the Community Centre was used to house athletes whenever sporting facilities are held there. The centre he said, too, housed and still houses the Magistrate’s Court.
“Because of the disrepair of the community centre