Nick Perry, Parliamentary campaigner, Hastings & Rye Liberal Democrats has recently voiced his support for the Trust and their campaign to Save the Pier.
In talking about the recent award of CommunityBuilders Feasibility funding, Mr Perry says:
“The £75,000 will, I understand, fund the feasibility study that is intrinsic to the redevelopment of the Pier along social enterprise lines.
This social enterprise model is the kind that is likely to enable meaningful and effective regeneration in a place like Hastings.
It is rooted in a great local love affair – with the Pier itself – the planned renovation is to be owned by the community; the renovation is likely to provide skills to young people, and jobs not only in the engineering tasks to be completed, but also in the tourism opportunities that will issue forth as the Pier is ever-so-gradually brought back into community use.”
The full Hastings Observer article can be read here.
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24th March 2010 Nick Perry from the Lib Dems Shows Support for Saving the Pier
Nick Perry, Parliamentary campaigner, Hastings & Rye Liberal Democrats has recently voiced his support for the Trust and their campaign to Save the Pier.
In talking about the recent award of CommunityBuilders Feasibility funding, Mr Perry says:
“The £75,000 will, I understand, fund the feasibility study that is intrinsic to the redevelopment of the Pier along social enterprise lines.
This social enterprise model is the kind that is likely to enable meaningful and effective regeneration in a place like Hastings.
It is rooted in a great local love affair – with the Pier itself – the planned renovation is to be owned by the community; the renovation is likely to provide skills to young people, and jobs not only in the engineering tasks to be completed, but also in the tourism opportunities that will issue forth as the Pier is ever-so-gradually brought back into community use.”
The full Hastings Observer article can be read here.