The proposed project, the development of Gros-Islet Beach Park has its origins in consultations held during The Caribbean Local Economic Development Project (CARILED), a six-year project (2012-2017) aimed at developing and testing models of Local Economic Development (LED) across the Caribbean. Following broad community consultation, the development of the Gros Islet Park was part of a wider integrated project (other components included the construction of a boardwalk along the coast where vendors could set up vending stalls, improvements to the jetty and the installation of buoys to encourage more yachts docking in the Gros Islet Bay) in the town of Gros Islet focusing on the creation of sustainable employment, especially for youth in the community. Although there was buy-in for the project, the funds for construction were not provided under the CARILED project and the Gros Islet Constituency Council was left to source funds from alternative sources for physical implementation. For this reason, the Parliamentary Representative for Gros-Islet through the Gros Islet Constituency Council has taken the opportunity to construct the project under the ORTCP.