For years I told the Tories on Erewash Borough that the time to encourage economic growth in the area was when things were going well not when the economy was weak. Now we have high unemployment it is going to be so much harder to bring jobs to the area.
Tories being Tories they are now cutting funding for regeneration projects like the Cotmanhay Enterprise Centre and Erewash Partnership. Ironically staff at the Erewash Partnership are now on short time just when their expertise is needed most!
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Erewash Labour will be pressing for a dedicated Erewash Economic Development Unit which can drive forward job creation in the Borough. Such a team needs resources at their disposal to proactively bring underused and unused sites back into full use. We should have been active earlier, but it's better late than never.
Event Horizon
ReplyDeleteIs it possible you can get to an event horizon of a point of no return in redevelopment of an area ? If feel you can.
Just look for an example in Derby. The old pedestrianised shopping area bounded by Macklin Street, Colyear Street and Becket Well Lane, once in the heart of the city is now a derelict wasteland http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&sugexp=gsih&xhr=t&q=derby&cp=3&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1280&bih=941&wrapid=tljp130800229592804&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x4879e43286a4caa7:0x5fc9de954e36df,Derby&gl=uk&ei=CIj2TfWRMsiO8gPf1tA7&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CDUQ8gEwAA
The 'City Shopping Centre' in Derby has moved several times over the years and in it's current position at Westfield’s it has left many areas derelict and unsellable.
Just remembered the name of the shopping centre in Derby ... Duckworth Square
ReplyDeletehttp://www.picturesofderby.co.uk/area_duckworth_square.htm
You will note after the latest photo's, taken way back in 2005, there is a note that there are no plans to redevelop the site.