With a contented look on her face Enterprise, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident Lakhraji (only name given) recalls “the long way the community come through“ since she moved to the area more than three decades ago. Enterprise, a traditionally East Indian community, has seen considerable development over the years, mainly in the form of housing.
The community started in the late 1940s when the residents of nearby Non Pareil were granted plots of land to start a community north-east of their village. The plots were an upgrade on the logies of the old village, a resident noted during a recent visit.
In the mid-1950s the development of Enterprise was moving at a steady pace, and by the end of the 1960s the population had grown. Some time in the mid 1970s the government constructed a
