THE MUSTIQUE Indigenous Peoples Association (MIPA), has renamed the Mustique Community Hall after local educator Doreen Simon, to honour her nearly 50 years of service as the island’s first indigenous resident.
The renaming ceremony recognising Simon’s contribution with a named landmark, was held on Saturday, April 11, 2026, on Mustique one of the Northern Grenadines islands.
This event marked Simon’s enduring legacy amid Mustique’s evolution from a privately owned island, purchased in 1958 by Colin Tennant, later Lord Glenconner, and home to a small number of local families, into a luxury destination for the global elite, a MIPA release states.
Successive government agreements have protected the rights of these original inhabitants and their descendants, it adds.
Born on November 14, 1933, the now 92-year-old Simon dedicated decades to education, serving as postmistress and headmistress, among other roles. Unable to attend due to severe dementia and being bedridden, she was represented at the ceremony. Her son, Conrad Simon, recounted that Hamlet Trimmingham proposed the renaming at a MIPA meeting, a motion that was unanimously approved, and endorsed by the Mustique Company Ltd, which manages the island.
Managing Director of the Mustique Company Roger Pritchard, praised Simon’s impact, stating: “Teachers play a very important part in our lives, and as you heard, she was a teacher here on the island for nearly 50 years,
