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(l-r) Sara Simpson, Director, Natural Resources Management and Environmental Planning (NRMEP) Department and Lorna Clarke, Director of Communication , both of the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) listen attentively as Tyrik Maddo and Annyls Thomas, students at St. Joseph’s Infant inform them about their winning project, which focused on growing food using recycled water. The occasion was the 7th annual Hellshire Enviro Fair held by the UDC at Two Sisters Caves on Friday, May 31. St. Joseph’s Infant, St.

(l-r) Sara Simpson, Director, Natural Resources Management and Environmental Planning (NRMEP) Department, Urban Development Corporation (UDC) presents winning trophy and a cash prize to Desi-anne Treasure and Travis Porter, students of Waterford High School, St. Catherine. Runaway Bay Water Company ( RBWC) sponsored this cash prize. Waterford’s winning project focused on hydroponics which is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in water without soil. The occasion was the 7th annual Hellshire Enviro Fair held by the UDC at Two Sisters Caves on Friday, May 31.

The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) will lend its support to Labour Day 2013 through projects at the Kingston Craft Market and Orange Park in downtown Kingston on Thursday, May 23 between the hours of 7am and 11am.

Labour Day 2013 is being held under the theme “Lend A Hand…Build Our Land”.

L-r: Richard May, Managing Director, ECHOS Consulting and EarthCheck representative in the Caribbean presents award and shares celebratory moment on April 19, 2013 at The Deck, Green Grotto Caves and Attractions, St. Ann with Fabia Lamm, Manager, Green Grotto Caves, Desmond Malcolm, General Manager, Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and Laura Heron, General Manager, St. Ann Development Company (SADCO).

L-r: Richard May, Managing Director, ECHOS Consulting and EarthCheck representative in the Caribbean presents award and shares celebratory moment on April 19, 2013 at The Deck, Green Grotto Caves and Attractions, St. Ann with Fabia Lamm, Manager, Green Grotto Caves, Desmond Malcolm, General Manager, Urban Development Corporation (UDC). Laura Heron, General Manager, St. Ann Development Company (SADCO). Board Directors Sonia Hyman, Carol Jackson and Vanna Taylor also share in the moment.

Fabia Lamm (left), Manager, Green Grotto Caves, Sonia Hyman (second right), and Carol Jackson (right), Board Directors at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC) and St. Ann Development Corporation listen to musings by Richard May (second left), Managing Director, ECHOS Consulting and EarthCheck representative in the Caribbean. The occasion was the handing over of a platinum plaque and flag in recognition of Green Grotto Caves as the Caribbean’s first tourism attraction to achieve EarthCheck’s highest accolade of Platinum Certification.

Roxanne Valentine (l) Project Manager, National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) presents Karren Dixon (r) with a Certificate of Participation, at a Closing Ceremony for the NEPA-UDC NPAS/SGI Project which was held at Fort Clarence in Hellshire St. Catherine on Wednesday, April 3, 2013.

Lorna Clarke(l), Director, Corporate Communication, Urban Development Corporation (UDC) presents Glaston White (r), with a Certificate of Participation, at a Closing Ceremony for the NEPA-UDC NPAS/SGI Project which was held at Fort Clarence in Hellshire St.  Catherine on Wednesday, April 3, 2013.

The Honourable Damion Crawford, minister of state in the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment shares educational material with children from the Allman Town Infant School. The occasion was a ‘School’s In Extravaganza’ held at Orange Park, Ocean Boulevard on November 9, 2012.

Taniesha Scott, Michelle Grant volunteers from the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA) assist the children (from left) Malia Grant, Maleec Denham, and Matthew Green in cleaning up debris from the Hellshire Bay Beach in St. Catherine. The Urban Development Corporation (UDC) partnered with NEPA to spearhead clean-up activities on Saturday, September 15, 2012 in celebration of International Coastal Clean-Up Day (ICCD) through its Natural Resources Management and Environmental Planning Department (NRMEP).