The Kintyre Forum

There is a plan to regenerate the town centre, a recent meeting took place but I was unable to attend, perhaps someone who did could tell us what it involves.

I did attend, John, sorry to see you couldn't make it.

You will have seen from the Courier that Historic Scotland and the council have allocated around half a million for regeneration of the conservation area. Repair grants for homes within the conservation area, ie windows and roofs for town centre tenements, unfortunately excluding Longrow itself, shopfront repairs and bringing buildings back into use, such as the old court in Bolgam Street and the derelict school at the heritage centre.

I was surprised to find that the town hall is not included in this programme. Apparently there is not enough money, although there was an indication that some of the organisations there in Friday could come back and help form a trust with local people to access grants. Minimum maintenance for the town hall for the time being.

Nancie wrote:I did attend, John, sorry to see you couldn't make it.

You will have seen from the Courier that Historic Scotland and the council have allocated around half a million for regeneration of the conservation area. Repair grants for homes within the conservation area, ie windows and roofs for town centre tenements, unfortunately excluding Longrow itself, shopfront repairs and bringing buildings back into use, such as the old court in Bolgam Street and the derelict school at the heritage centre.

I was surprised to find that the town hall is not included in this programme. Apparently there is not enough money, although there was an indication that some of the organisations there in Friday could come back and help form a trust with local people to access grants. Minimum maintenance for the town hall for the time being.

Nancy is something actually going to be done with the old court in Blogam street, or will it be just a maintenance project to prevent it deteriorating further?

Does'nt it give you a warm and comfortable feeling to know that "our money" is going to be used to do up the Royal Hotel...old Post Office and houses above Machelchere's.All owned by private individuals??? who would,nt look after them themselves...

Are we daft or what???

Dunc

Sweltered wrote:

Nancie wrote:I did attend, John, sorry to see you couldn't make it.

You will have seen from the Courier that Historic Scotland and the council have allocated around half a million for regeneration of the conservation area. Repair grants for homes within the conservation area, ie windows and roofs for town centre tenements, unfortunately excluding Longrow itself, shopfront repairs and bringing buildings back into use, such as the old court in Bolgam Street and the derelict school at the heritage centre.

I was surprised to find that the town hall is not included in this programme. Apparently there is not enough money, although there was an indication that some of the organisations there in Friday could come back and help form a trust with local people to access grants. Minimum maintenance for the town hall for the time being.

Nancy is something actually going to be done with the old court in Blogam street, or will it be just a maintenance project to prevent it deteriorating further?

I'm not sure, Alan, both the court and the old school seem to be the priorities but how much is going to be spent on them was not made clear. The aim is to 'bring them back into use'.

The court is privately owned by more than one person and I have some doubts about public money being spent on buildings like this. There isn't really a lot of money if it's going to be spent on these two buildings as well as grants for tenements and shop fronts. Training in traditional construction skills will also use up money.

Calm down, Dunc, there was no mention of the Royal Hotel or these other places you mentioned being included. They were certainly identified on the map but would, I think, need separate applications for grant funding.

What was interesting was the reception on the Thursday night in Aqualibrium when the scheme was launched.

Those present were served a finger buffet of oysters, smoked mussels, scallops, venison and roast beef, all prepared by the staff in the Mussel Ebb, washed down with Springbank single malt and red and white wine.

Questions re who was paying for it were met with blank looks. It was either the regeneration fund, which takes money from doing up the buildings or the council tax which is public money. Get your teeth into that, Dunc.

Scallops .Oysters..I think it would be the other end I would need to worry about Nancie.
That would be the ones they gathered at the pontoon's then.

Dunc

GET THE LOCAL COUNCILOR`S TAE PAINT IT THEIR GIE GOOD AT WHITE WASHING!

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The court is privately owned by more than one person and I have some doubts about public money being spent on buildings like this. There isn't really a lot of money if it's going to be spent on these two buildings as well as grants for tenements and shop fronts. Training in traditional construction skills will also use up money.




A few years ago I sat on a local commitee and we looked at the old court building, back then it was going to be £100,000 just to make the place safe.


petewick

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GET THE LOCAL COUNCILOR`S TAE PAINT IT THEIR GIE GOOD AT WHITE WASHING!

Good wan DODGER!!!

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And there's Sirolli offering 30k and not even asking for quals...

Duncan

Nancie wrote:What was interesting was the reception on the Thursday night in Aqualibrium when the scheme was launched.

Those present were served a finger buffet of oysters, smoked mussels, scallops, venison and roast beef, all prepared by the staff in the Mussel Ebb, washed down with Springbank single malt and red and white wine.

Questions re who was paying for it were met with blank looks. It was either the regeneration fund, which takes money from doing up the buildings or the council tax which is public money. Get your teeth into that, Dunc.

Did you have any then Nancie?...i am sure if you feel that strongly about who is paying, especially if it was out of the public purse, you would have declined?

Sorry to disappoint you, Buzz, I had my tea before I went as I thought 'a finger buffet' would be the usual sandwiches and sausage rolls. I took most of mine home in a doggy bag for John and Dusty. I had no wine as I was driving and I don't like whisky.

Still haven't found out who paid as there were no councillors at the last community council meeting.