Many of you have now heard of the Torry Island BBQ Showdown happening in Belle Glade, on March 2, 2024.   I’d like to give you this email as an update of what it represents for our area.  While the Torry Island BBQ Showdown started with a vision for tourism it was partnered with the intent to highlight the extreme need for a hotel in our area.  If you are in the market to build one or know of someone who is, THIS IS THE COMMUNITY! Torry Island BBQ Showdown has grown to something bigger than I ever could’ve imagined and I want to thank our sponsors and community leaders for helping make that so!  

 

A bigger purpose
My grandfather, Dr. Howard Hill instilled in me the concept of "less talk more action," H E Hill Foundation put those proponents to work with Torry Island BBQ Showdown.  I am very excited to invite you and your families to the event that the barbecue committee has worked so hard to bring into our area and to help change the conversation when Belle Glade Florida is mentioned.  It is the vision of our committee, City of Belle Glade and sponsors that Torry Island should be a destination for everyone in our state to experience. Torry Island offers unprecedented views of Lake Okeechobee.  There is airboating, fishing, biking, bird watching, golfing and first class camping. We are happy to host an event that highlights all those things and help the Glades Historical Society.