Harold Lovelady has been planning on building this marina in Quepos for 11 years now and finally this June the marina officially opened. At this point there are 97 slips but expansion is already in the works, ““It started as a small project, but as more people expressed interest in a marina, we had to redesign the original plan to accommodate the potential demand,” Lovelady said. “It was evident we needed to make a larger, world-class marina. So that's how it turned out.”
The residents of Quepos, a port city originally built by the United Fruit Company to export bananas and administer surrounding plantations, do not seem to know what to make of the Pez Vela. Currently about 20 people work at the quiet marina and its location right outside of downtown worries many residents that the marina will not create the expected up rise in tourism and job opportunities. However the mayor of Quepos assures that it is very positive, saying, “Members of this town will be trained to work at the marina, which means there will be more education, more jobs and more investment. The people of this town will soon begin to see the benefits of having a world-class marina.”
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