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Bridgetown’s glimmer of hope Article by June 4, 2021 A prominent Bridgetown businessman is still holding out hope for a revival of The City even as more enterprises abandon the island’s capital. With hardly a tourist in sight, fewer shoppers with the kind of disposable income who can be enticed into spending and owners continuing to shut shop, Eddy Abed, former president of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI), admits the situation is bad. However, the owner of Abeds Stores told Barbados TODAY, there were signs the situation could improve, though marginally. A key player in the BCCI’s Revitalisation of Bridgetown initiative, Abed said “incremental improvements” were occurring, even as business activity in The City remains very sluggish. ....