Panelists on WTJX’s “Caneel for the People” Question Extent of Public Awareness of Resort’s Future

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Panelists on WTJX’s “Caneel for the People” Question Extent of Public Awareness of Resort’s Future

Within a month, the National Park Service will be sharing a summary of the more than 700 comments that were submitted to the National Park Service concerning the future of the Caneel Bay Resort, according to Nigel Fields, superintendent of the Virgin Islands National Park.

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