FYI Business Computer Systems in Belize City will order me a new power cord for my mac laptop. I'm waiting for a call back on the price. Probably won't be cheap but may be cheaper and more secure than having someone ship me one from the States.

Thanks @Snoopysmom for the suggestions, as well as everyone else. Something to keep in mind as we ponder a life change.

Septic tank pumping and disposal? No joke - lots of tanks, no service providers. Pumping station for boat bilges? Lots of boats with heads, no place to pump them.
If this suggestion is not appealing I understand - but a bus-op is probably waiting for somebody. Perhaps someone with no sense of smell?

Agreed. There's a big market for a Honey Wagon...

A big thumbs up to that suggestion Diane...maybe grease traps too? or are they not so much present(or perhaps nonexistant)?

Where is the waste water treatment plant?.........forgive my ignorance.

SW of town roughly 1.5 miles


WW Ponds per WikiMap

I believe they are the large rectangular ponds just SW of the unimproved white areas (which were formerly mangroves)

Lobby to stop the throwing of grease onto the ground and scoop it up to make bio diesel. Make it a law, charge $5 a month to rent the bin. We eat a ton of fried food here.

As always the three most important factors are LOCATION, LOCATION and LOCATION.
The town core and south are pretty saturated. The north is an unfilled region.
A friend of mine is now building his home on a beachfront lot he bought in 1971. Back then everyone told him he was craxy for buying soooo far north - by what is now Captain Morgans.
The only way I see of every really making it here is to invest in raw land 'off the grid' and wait ten to twenty years.

Diane had a good idea - another one would be a pig farm - way up north so we don't smell it. Or how about a chicken or turkey farm. Right now all of this is raised on the mainland.
One of the sucessful gringo businesses was the Sausage Factory - so sucessful in fact that the owners from Redding, California sold it after a few years because they were working too hard and came here to relax.
The same goes for the sucess of The Laxy Crock Restaurant.

I am debating selling my business or even just adding a partner. I am ready to expand this business It's been open since 2008. I am an American, have had no problems being an American owning a business here in Belize. It's been profitable since end of 2009. I had planned on keeping it open and opening another business in another Caribbean country but have found that if you leave the business to employees sales drop substantially. Seems an owner must always be around. And regarding location - we have it. LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION indeed!