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Development Trusts

Islay’s Port Ellen Maltings has grain silo collapse

Friday, 14th November, 2008 | Development Trusts, News, Renewable Energy, Sport, Transport, Whisky | None

Early this morning (Friday 14th November) a grain silo collapsed at Islay’s port Ellen Maltings, shedding hundreds of tonnes of barley which fell around it. No-one was injured. As a precautionary measure, nearby homes were temporarily evacuated. With work at…

Council approves Ardrishaig development plan

Monday, 27th October, 2008 | Community News, Development Trusts | None

Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne has been designated an ‘Area of Action’ within the local plan for Argyll and Bute. As reported recently, the community has produced a development plan in partnership with HIE Argyll and the Islands and British Waterways.

Argyll…

Glendaruel Hotel Sale Will Close Next Friday

Thursday, 23rd October, 2008 | Community News, Development Trusts, Property | None

A week on Friday the sale of the Glendaruel Hotel will close. Offers should be in by Midday Friday 31st October latest.

The local community is watching these developments with great interest, if not trepidation. Since the Hotel closed last year there…

Setting Up A Development Trust in Scotland

Wednesday, 8th October, 2008 | Development Trusts | One

1. INTRODUCTION
View from Rest and Be Thankful in Argyll (photo Richard Heavey, Wikipedia Commons)Development Trusts are touted as the great White Hope for community mobilisation and economic sustainability and invigoration in the UK, particularly Scotland.

Over the last 9 months I have been chairing a steering group tasked by the community it represents to…