{"id":15180,"date":"2011-11-18T08:39:39","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T13:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=15180"},"modified":"2011-11-18T08:39:39","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T13:39:39","slug":"baha-mar-praises-bahamas-striping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2011\/11\/baha-mar-praises-bahamas-striping","title":{"rendered":"Baha Mar Praises Bahamas Striping"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On an inspection tour before the opening of Bah Mar\u2019s Commercial Village, Bahamas Hot Mix\u2019s Senior Project Engineer, Paul Huckle (left), and Bah Mar Ltd\u2019s Senior Vice President of Administration & External Relations Robert \u201cSandy\u201d Sands (center) gave Bahamas Striping President, Atario Mitchell (right) praise for a job well done and on time. Mitchell had an opportunity to thank them for the work they gave to his Self Starter company. Mitchell said working on Baha Mar filled him and his team with immense pride. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Having completed the car park striping at Baha Mar Development\u2019s Commercial Village, Bahamas Striping\u2019s president, Atario Mitchell praised Baha Mar and local contractor Bahamas Hot Mix for giving his growing company the lion\u2019s share of the work that would have in previous years typically gone to foreigners.<\/p>\n

On an inspection tour with Bah Mar\u2019s Senior Vice President Robert \u201cSandy\u201d Sands and Bahamas Hot Mix\u2019s Senior Project Engineer, Paul Huckle, Mitchell thanked the two companies for their youth-friendly and local-preference policies.<\/p>\n

Mr. Sands said, \u201cIt was pleasure driving round with Mr. Mitchell seeing what this young man has done. When he said he was a young entrepreneur, I wasn\u2019t expecting him to be that young \u2013 and yet I\u2019m impressed as to the quality of what he and his crew are producing. I\u2019m pleased with the quality and the progress all-round. \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBaha Mar is a multi-million dollar investment in the future of our country and it\u2019s our policy to hire local talent when they can meet the required standards. Mitchell has clearly shown that he can do good work. Baha Mar wants to invest in our youth and this is a shining example of what our youth are capable of. Hard work and giving detailed, quality service always pays dividends,\u201d said Sands.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom what I can see, there\u2019s every reason to believe he\u2019ll go far. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if Bahamas Striping isn\u2019t the pre-dominant striping company in the country very soon. That\u2019s a great achievement for a 17-month old company. We wish Atario and his Self Starter company the best and look forward to him working on the other Baha Mar phases down the line,\u201d said Sands.<\/p>\n

Bahamas Striping was awarded 80 percent of Baha Mar\u2019s striping work on the advice of the \u201cabove ground\u201d contractors, Bahamas Hot Mix. Mitchell praised the company for facilitating his contracts for the new Commercial Center, now home to Fidelity Bank, Commonwealth Bank, ScotiaBank, and the new fire station.<\/p>\n

Bahamas Hot Mix and Baha Mar gave the project to Mitchell after he made a case about supporting Bahamian youth and local companies when his capability could be proved. In turn, Bahamas Hot Mix and Baha Mar mandated the need for his company to produce excellent work. Mitchell was up to the challenge, said Sands.<\/p>\n

Mitchell expressed his pride to be working on the spectacular development.<\/p>\n

\u201cMe and my young team are extremely excited to work on this amazing project. It\u2019s going to transform Cable Beach into one of the world\u2019s greatest tourism attractions,\u201d said Mitchell. \u201cWe\u2019ll be looking back at this project with enormous pride for years. And we thank Bahamas Hot Mix and Baha Mar for that. Both these forward-looking companies, supported not only a local Bahamian company, but also\u00a0 Bahamian youth. It is a great compliment to have that trust placed in you. We\u2019re extremely grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the 17-month old road marking company, the Baha Mar work will be ongoing as new parts are completed. The team is now striping the Sheraton Nassau Beach\u2019s new car park. Mitchell, who started striping with his uncle as a teenager in Grand Bahama could not at the time imagine how his dream of his own striping company would become real and so successful so fast.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing chosen to work on Baha Mar is a major achievement,\u201d said Mitchell. \u201cI\u2019m very fortunate to have clients who care about the community and who want to see the young locals succeed. Hot Mix and Baha Mar are giving young people jobs and a chance to go for the big prize, to show what they can attain. It\u2019s very encouraging. My crew are energized and inspired. This empowers them to lead the good life, work hard and plan for their future. And just to imagine… two years ago most of this work would have gone to a foreign multi-national company.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s taken hard work and discipline to get this far,\u201d said Mitchell. \u201cWe\u2019ve all sacrificed \u201cnormal life\u201d with constant late night meetings and doing paperwork and letters on the weekends. You always have the urge to go and spend but instead we reinvested in the company. We got a good equipment and, what\u2019s also important is that we brought in an expert from the UK to train the rest of the crew.\u201d Bahamas Striping\u2019s senior striper and trainer is Brian Bostock from Liverpool.<\/p>\n

One of Bahamas Striping\u2019s crew is 25-year old Triston Johnson, who recently graduated from the government\u2019s National Job & Skills Training Program, another government initiative that Mitchell lauded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bahamas Striping was awarded 80 percent of Baha Mar\u2019s striping work on the advice of the \u201cabove ground\u201d contractors, Bahamas Hot Mix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[27,153,85,51],"class_list":["post-15180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-baha-mar","tag-business-2","tag-cable-beach","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}