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It is taking time
but there is a noticeable difference in a number
of the shop fronts in Campbeltown as part of the
Campbeltown Area Regeneration Scheme - a project
which started in 2007 and will run to March
2012. A total funding of £685,000 was made
available as part of the CARS Scheme (Historic
Scotland £385,000, Argyll & Bute Council
£200,000 and HIe £100,000)
The CARS scheme is is conservation based
regeneration scheme funded by Historic Scotland
with Council matchfunding. Campbeltown is one of
the first and there are now 30 similar schemes
in Scotland.
The exciting part is additional funding will
soon be made available under the Townscape
Heritage Initiative which will see more than a
£1 million pound invested in the town centre.
Both projects will target many of the same
buildings and will joint fund their
refurbishment/works etc.
The overall project comes under the name of the
Campbeltown Town Centre Regeneration Steering
Group, which is charied by local man James
Lafferty and was set up April 2007 to service
CARS (and shortly the THI).
Below are some photos showing work completed.
More to follow on
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