USVI to conduct feasibility study for processing and packaging plant
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, USVI — To analyze the potential for establishing a processing and packaging plant in the US Virgin Islands and within the enterprise zones of the territory, the Enterprise Zone Commission (EZC), in partnership with the University of the Virgin Islands – Institute for Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (UVI-ILOE), will conduct a feasibility study on establishing this type of plant in the USVI.
The EZC, an entity of the US Virgin Islands Economic Development Authority (USVIEDA), applied for, and was awarded, a grant from the US Department of the Interior in the amount of $250,000 in September 2017 to conduct this study.
The study will determine the following, but will not be limited to, whether there
• is “sufficient produce and other raw agricultural materials [that is available and can be identified] for year-round production”;
• is an ability to the obtain equipment at a reasonable cost on each island;
• are locations that may be retrofitted into a processing and packaging plant, along with the requisite equipment, quality assurance expertise needed for consistent production;
• is an amount of trained production workers that is needed for efficient and consistent production at the plant.
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