Coastal Community Teams to take control of seaside regeneration
An interesting pre-holiday announcement. Will £10,000 per partnership have any impact on the big challenges facing rural coastal communities at all though? The article tells us:
Coastal Communities Minister Mark Francois today (17 July 2015) gave his support to over 100 new local teams that will help revive England’s seaside towns and decide where investment goes.
The government has provided more than £1 million to fund 104 further Coastal Community Teams, on top of 12 existing pilots, to help bring jobs, growth and prosperity back to our beach towns and cities. The teams – bringing together local business, councils and people – will help coordinate regeneration projects in their area and get the chance to shape the next wave of the successful Coastal Communities Fund, announced in the Budget last week.
Speaking on a visit to Felixstowe in Suffolk on Friday, Coastal Communities Minister Mark Francois said:
This one nation government is determined to devolve powers and funding so that no corner of the country is left behind. This includes our historic coastal towns and cities that have in some cases fallen into decline in the past but can now ensure that the economic recovery is coming back to them too.