{"id":25053,"date":"2024-12-13T16:44:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25053"},"modified":"2024-12-13T16:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:44:24","slug":"leonora-friday-night-market-a-success-promoting-local-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/leonora-friday-night-market-a-success-promoting-local-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonora Friday Night Market a Success, Promoting Local Commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick | November 18, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Leonora Friday Night Market has proven to be a huge success, receiving strong support from residents, vendors, and farmers in Region Three. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative, spearheaded by President Dr. Irfaan Ali, aims to create a safer and more organized space for commerce while promoting local agriculture and business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The market, which is a collaborative effort involving the Ministries of Public Works and Agriculture, the Region Three RDC, and the Interim Management Committee for Leonora Market, brought together farmers, vendors, and the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, who attended the market&#8217;s launch, emphasized the transformation of the area, pointing out the benefits of relocating vendors from the unsafe and disorganized roadside to a cleaner, more structured environment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She highlighted the market\u2019s potential to improve residents&#8217; lives by providing a one-stop shop for produce, clothes, and other goods, all while creating a lively community atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A local farmer expressed gratitude to President Ali for initiating the market, noting its positive impact on the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional Chairman Shaik Ayube shared the vision for the broader development plans for the market, including infrastructural upgrades such as drainage systems, new blocks, and the addition of a food court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With strong government backing and an inclusive approach, the Friday Night Market is set to become a cornerstone of the community, seamlessly blending commerce and social engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick | November 18, 2024 The Leonora Friday Night Market has proven to be a huge success, receiving strong support from residents, vendors, and farmers in Region Three.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25055,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25053\/revisions\/25055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}