Shop Smart: Temple Yard unveils plan to create cultural, housing hub
Channel: Barbados Today
Date: 2024-04-04

Shop owners at the Temple Yard Craft Market are championing what they describe as an innovative vision to transform the market into a vibrant “cultural tourist village” as part of the city’s redevelopment efforts – with a plan to live above the shops.

With what they declare as full compliance with the government’s directives, the owners, some of whom have occupied the space for over 20 years, have begun the process of deconstructing their shops, as they eagerly await feedback on the next steps. However, their idea does not stop there.

Carl Taylor, the Public Relations Officer for Forward, a group formed to represent Temple Yard, shared a proposal to diversify the use of the space by creating self-contained apartments atop some of the shops.

📸: Jeffrey Bishop