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This project is closely linked to the National Festival Site project and aims to explore the viability of a centre where artists can create art for outdoor locations. This facility would be the first of its kind in the UK and would provide an unique opportunity to bring artists from theatre, music, visual arts and street arts backgrounds together to create site specific performances for BIG in Falkirk and touring Europe as part of Insitu, a network for outdoor European Street Art Festivals. There is also the potential for this to be accessed by local arts groups and educational establishments. An application for funding a feasibility study is currently with the Scottish Arts Council.
Contact Sue Selwyn, sue.selwyn@falkirk.gov.uk|
The Falkirk Wheel has had a huge positive impact for the area and this project seeks to build on this success and on the potential developments around the newly renovated canals that span the Falkirk area. This covers tourism, housing and quality of life, business space developments and new business opportunities.
The Millennium Link, with its centrepiece of the Falkirk Wheel, has already made its mark. Now a number of new developments are underway, and two are making significant progress: the former Rosebank Distillery site and Redding Park.
Work has started on an exciting mixed-use development at Rosebank Distillery. This includes stylish canal-side appartments by Westpoint Homes and the conversion of the listed distillery buildings into offices and a pub/restaurant. The housing component of the development site is well underway and the leisure/commercial element comprising 20,000 sq ft of offices and restaurant, is being marketing by GVA Grimley.
Meanwhile, adding to the sense of renewal and optimision in the area site preparation and remediation has begun at Redding Park, following the approval of planning permission for new homes and canal-side commercial development.
To find out more please contact Alistair Shaw, alistair.shaw@falkirk.gov.uk|
This project builds on the £78M invested by the Millennium Commission and a range of other partners in the Millennium Link initiative which restored navigation on the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals stretching from Bowling in the west to Grangemouth and Edinburgh in the east. The Falkirk Wheel is the iconic structure which links the two canals and which has become a major tourist attraction. The project comprises a number of elements. Crucially, an ERDF contribution of some £700K has been secured as a contribution to a major £1.5M marketing campaign for The Wheel over a number of years. This not only seeks to promote the Wheel itself but also Falkirk town centre and Callendar House.
In addition to this, the project seeks to secure further investment at the Wheel itself to maximise its economic potential for Falkirk. It also seeks to secure investment at a number of other key nodes at locations along the canal corridor within Falkirk. Amongst others these include potential developments at Tamfourhill and Rosebank .
To find out more please contact Ed Marnie, ed.marnie@scotent.co.uk|
HELIX TRIUMPHS
The HELIX has been awarded £25 million from the Big Lottery Fund's Living Landmarks programme, the only Scottish proposal to receive funding.
The HELIX will establish a massive environmentally based community resource and will offer a better quality of life to visitors and its surrounding communities.
The project will:
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Provide a unique outdoor space for all with access to woodland, paths, cycle-ways and water features.
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Reconnect the Forth & Clyde Canal to the Forth Estuary and develop water based activities.
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Create major public artworks.
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Develop a sustainable environment.
Project partners: Falkirk Council, Central Scotland Forest Trust and British Waterways Scotland.
To find out more contact Tom Leighton, tom.leighton@falkirk.gov.uk|.
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The aim of this project is to create a National Festival Site based around Callendar Park and other locations across the Falkirk Council area. These will host large, medium and small scale events, which will contribute to the cultural and economic vibrancy of the Falkirk area.
To find out more please contact Tom Leighton, tom.leighton@falkirk.gov.uk|
This project focuses on the regeneration of several of the communities in the Falkirk area. The project encompasses a series of initiatives to regenerate the town centres of Bo'ness, Stenhousemuir, Denny, Grangemouth and Falkirk. Each initiative has its own unique characteristics and seeks to maximise the economic transformation of the local community.
Whether it is Bo'ness with its imaginitive harbour project led by Dutch developers ING, Stenhousemuir's news that a 40,000 sq ft Asda is to open there or the appointment of Henry Boot as developer for the £11 million project to improve Denny town centre, progress is definitely being made.
The Council recently launched the £5million Townscape Heritage Initiative in Bo'ness and this initiative will secure the future of the town as a major tourism centre. The town has a wealth of historic buildings and has been awarded Outstanding Conservation Area Status. This project will repair heritage buildings and bring underused property back into use. Meanwhile a range of THI environmental improvements will be completed by late Spring. Key project: The Hippodrome.
The Hippodrome is an A listed building designed by Bo'ness architect Matt Steele. It opened in 1911 and may have been one of the first ever purpose-built cinemas in Scotland . The building will be reopened as a cinema in the evening and a heritage centre during the day.
ASDA's recent confirmation of the new anchor foodstore in Stenhousemuir was welcomed by Dan Macdonald, Chief Executive of Macdonald Estates, ‘We are delighted to confirm that we have successfully attracted ASDA to invest in Stenhousemuir.'
‘Our proposals will see the town centre radically remodelled, creating a modern, vibrant and welcoming environment and ASDA will play a critical role in breathing new life into Stenhousemuir town centre.'
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To find out more please contact Pete Reid, pete.reid@falkirk.gov.uk|
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