Virgin Islands National Park touts community engagement meeting

John McCarthyPosted oninBreaking News, Business News, Community Affairs, St. John News

CRUZ BAY — Virgin Islands National Park will host a meeting on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, from 5:45 PM to 6:45 PM “as part of the park’s ongoing effort to engage the local community.”

Topics will include general park updates, North Shore Road maintenance, parking, and the summer youth conservation corps (YCC) program.

The meeting will be hosted in the Resource Management and Science (RMS) building conference room at Lind Point.

“We look forward to seeing you all,” the VINP said in a prepared statement.

Limited parking is available at the Resource Management and Science building.  

A shuttle will be provided from the Cruz Bay Visitor Center at 5:30 PM local time and leave Lind Point at 6:45 PM.  

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.