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Virgin Island's Trailblazers Awarded $48,000

Christopher McDonald, Mitchell Turnbull, and Walter Morris were given $48,000 at the University of the Virgin Islands' annual 13D Entrepreneurship Business Launch Competition, providing them with start-up funds for their entrepreneurial endeavors.

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