Roughly 10 people gathered outside of Safe Harbor Marina’s Vineyard Haven waterfront to commemorate the completion of new employee housing units on Tuesday morning.
The $2.4 million project consists of two duplexes with a total of 10 bedrooms for year-round employees staffed at the marina’s locations in Edgartown and Vineyard Haven. Currently, there are 25 year-round employees between both locations.
Safe Harbor, the largest owner and operator of marinas in the world, has more than 150 locations worldwide.
Chris Scott, general manager of Safe Harbor on the Island, emphasized the importance of the project, especially in a place that struggles with housing affordability.
“Our employees are the backbone of this business, and so this is really for them and just to make sure that we can continue having a solid, stable workforce for now and in the future,” Scott said.
