Step out in Faith: O’Neal family opens The Food Store
Leeann Forbes, who works at the Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) located in the complex, said it’s a good feeling as there is no place to get lunch and or even breakfast in the area and she was looking forward to being a regular customer of the store.
Her sentiments were expressed by other workers from DMV and other workers from around the area who were busy purchasing their lunches today with many expressing satisfaction with the quality of food being sold.
Several first time customers were also very pleased with the prices and variety of products in the store with one stating, “This was needed here a long time”, and another added, “I don’t have to drive to town now once they keep this up.”
The Food Store which is owned by the O’Neal family is a convenience store and deli which stocks a variety of products at reasonable prices.
According to Irene Penn-O Neal, former At-Large representative of the Virgin Islands under the Virgin Islands Party ticket, the store is a family business which is opened with mixed emotions as the family step out in faith.
“We the O’Neal family has begun a venture this morning to step out in faith and trusting that God has brought us this far and I know my God will take us further,” said Mrs. Penn O’Neal who thanked everyone for the role they played in helping her to get the store to where it was to be opened.The businesswoman had thanks foremost to God stating that without him nothing was possible. She also thanked National Bank of the Virgin Islands who was her lending institution.
Mrs. O’Neal, who resides in the 3rd district where her business is located, said the “little district” is developing and she is proud to be part of that development.
Give Pockwood Pond a Chance
District Representative Hon. Julian Fraser RA who was among the guests at the ceremony said he will “encourage everyone he comes in contact with to give Pockwood Pond a chance”.
The former Communications and Works Minister congratulated the O’Neal family for taking the initiative to set up the business in their district.
Hon. Fraser noted that a year ago the Department of Motor Vehicle was moved to the area and he was pleased with Government’s initiative for other districts to develop financially.He also saw the need for a parts store and insurance store in the complex which will attract customers, citing the location of the DMV there.
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