Laborie Restaurant Receives Global Award

20 August 2020

“You’re in the top 10% of restaurants worldwide!” This is the message that Mama Tilly, the popular owner and manager of Mama Tilly's Barbeque and Grill in Laborie, received from the travel website TripAdvisor a few days ago. “Each year”, TripAdvisor wrote, “we comb through reviews, ratings, and saves from Travellers everywhere, and use that info to award the very best. You are part of an exclusive group, and we want to help you celebrate this major accomplishment”.

Indeed, this is a major achievement, notes Augustine Dominique, President of the Laborie Development Foundation. “Over the past twenty years”, says Dominique, “the Laborie community has quietly but steadfastly worked to develop a vibrant village tourism sector. It is thanks to the creative and hardworking owners of our local restaurants, guest houses and tour operations that we have been able to turn Laborie into a favourite destination for nationals and foreign visitors alike”.

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The Laborie We Want: coping with a global crisis and shaping our future

12 May 2020

In 2019, the Laborie Development Foundation conducted a review of the strategic plan that was produced in 2011, and formulated a new vision statement entitled The Laborie We Want. The release of this statement online and on social media earlier this year coincided with the onslaught of the global health crisis.

Laborians and friends of Laborie – wherever they are in the world – are invited to assist this community in coping with the impact of the crisis and to help shape Laborie’s future.

We invite feedback on The Laborie We Want by:

• Making comments on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ilovelaborie/.
• Sending comments, ideas and recommendations by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

We also call on Laborians and friends of Laborie to assist in the short-term recovery process by making donations towards the Laborie COVID-response Fund.

This Fund:

• has been created by the Laborie Development Foundation;
• is being managed, free of charge, by the Laborie Cooperative Credit Union;
• will remain active until 30 September 2020 in the first instance.

Donations to the Fund are being allocated as follows:

• 50% of all receipts is being transferred to the Laborie Medical Assistance Fund, which was created in 2005 to support people who need financial help to access diagnosis and treatment.
• The balance is allocated to the provision of food and other essential items to vulnerable households, including those that have lost all income as a result of the pandemic, working closely with the local Conference of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, the Social Transformation Officer and the Welfare Officer responsible for Laborie and environs.

Donations can be made:

• By transfers or deposits to account # 00010568 at the Laborie Cooperative Credit Union.
• By certified foreign bank cheque payable to Laborie Development Foundation.

For donations by international wire transfers or PayPal, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will provide details.

All donations will be acknowledged and donors’ names will appear on www.ilovelaborie.com (unless they request to remain anonymous).

In advance, a BIG thank you for your contribution, however small or big.

April 2020