Old building torn down for Scouts new home

(CNS): A property on Middle Road, in George Town, near to the Chrissie Tomlinson Hospital was recently ripped down in order to make way for a new Scouts headquarters. So far the association has raised CI$400,000 but will need around $550,000 to finish the project. Last Saturday, Scouts and volunteers turned out to watch the demolition of the building currently on the site of the planned new home for the Cayman branch of the global organisation. Some 300 boys and young men, from six years old to 20 years, are presently enrolled as Scouts. Currently the organisation occupies a trailer in Prospect. The building on Middle Road once served as the Scout office and was previously a group home for the Department of Children and Family Services.

The old building has also housed various public sector administrative offices but it was severely damaged by Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 after which, official stated, it fell out of use.