Works to begin on Wismar Market ATM – Linden mayor

…says facility will also get improved security

In a bid to redirect business, commerce, industry, and trade back to residents of Wismar in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), Linden Mayor Sharma Solomon during a visit to the Facility on, told residents that works on the establishment of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at the Wismar market will soon begin.
On Sunday Linden Mayor Sharma Solomon, conducted a walkabout exercise at the Wismar Market in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice). This activity was done as part of efforts to enlighten vendors and commuters about the developmental plans the Town Council is pursuing.
The mayor highlighted that at the last statutory meeting, several items were discussed in relation to the market facility. He revealed that soon for the first time in History residents from the Wismar Shore will soon have easier access to banking services on the shore.

“And to bring them some good news not only the vendors, but the Wismar population that we had the meeting with Citizens Bank and hopefully before the month of December is out, we can see some movement on the construction of the ATM.”
Moreover, the mayor revealed that apart from this initiative, the Wismar Market will see other developments. He highlighted that the facility will also get improve security, with the establishment of cameras around its parameters.
“We’re updating them coming out of the last statutory meeting, the five things that we have dealt with. We delt with garbage, the installation of cameras, the water, the roof where we asked for $1 Million in emergency spending to be done and we also delt with the issue of security. “
Meanwhile, in September Guyana Times reported that the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&TC) was mulling plans to establish an ATM machine at the market. Guyana Times was told that the ATM machine would be the first in the area, even though there are an estimate of four ATM machines in Linden.
In an interview with this publication, Linden Mayor Sharma Solomon disclosed that this isolation of ATMs is a major hurdle for residents living on the Wismar shore and makes banking operations difficult for residents, particularly those who live in faraway communities such as Wisroc among others.
“It goes beyond the vendors; it goes to the entire banking in Wismar because in the absence of that piece of infrastructure to do banking and banking services Wismar is excluded from that,” Solomon said.
The mayor added. “Now that fact that the market square was chosen is because of the economic activities that takes place in the area, but it is also to allow for a total ecosystem to be created around the area so that when people are doing banking business, they’re going to have other business. And this is part of our efforts to bring some light and excitement around the market.”
Also speaking with this publication was Town Clerk at the Linden Mayor and Town Council (LM&TC) Lennox Gasper, who disclosed that engagements have already commence with Citizen’s bank to establish the ATM.
Moreover, Gasper explained that for the initiative to be successful additional systems must be put in place by the council to ensure that the market vendors fully benefit from the project. The clerk called for the enhancement of stalls at the market, this was done in an effort to create a more aesthetically pleasing environment for citizens as well as tourist.