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By Peter Hayman GLASGOW is known for reinventing itself. The city now wants to create a people-friendly, green, healthy, thriving environment which welcomes all; for a stay, work, to invest in or live. The new vision sees a city centre transformed with mini parks . creating more greenspace in the heart of Glasgow (The Herald, March 15). The council’s innovative Green Covid Recovery budget includes an improvement fund for local parks and green spaces and outdoor play for children , according to the Glasgow City Council website. That sounds great; so where to start? Fortunately there is an ideal site left over from the old Glasgow Comprehensive Redevelopment Programme of 50 or 60 years ago. After wreaking havoc on the city s built environment one plot on Ingram Street remains vacant. A stand of mature trees gives the basis for a green oasis in the city centre. It also has a grand, much admired, mural on the Old Fruit Market wall featuring local nature. Currently the site
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A LOCAL church has made progress in its goal to take on the science block at the old Anderson High School in Lerwick.
New Life Shetland is keen to turn the redundant building, which is owned by Shetland Islands Council, into a community cafe with a soft play area, as well as develop dedicated youth and children’s spaces.
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A “significant space” could be used for the church’s programme of events, housing its congregation – while there is also potential to provide rooms for counselling and mental health support.
Pastor John Rollo said on Tuesday that the church was told last week that it was successful in its application under asset transfer legislation.
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