These Lancashire councils have been awarded £80,000 each for cultural high street projects Two Lancashire councils have been awarded £80,000 each to help develop a cultural programme for their high streets. Blackpool Council and West Lancashire Borough Council announced this week that they have each been awarded a grant from Historic England as part of the High Streets Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) and Community Cultural Programme. The councils HSHAZs are two of more than 60 high streets in the country to receive a share of £6million for their proposed community cultural programme which is aimed at delivering events to re-engage local communities within the high street.
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Grant paves way for improvement works to town s high street in time for lockdown lifting Work will start next month on a scheme to help make a town s high street more attractive to visitors and shoppers, helping local businesses recover as Covid restrictions are eased. Work to Wheatsheaf Walk in Ormskirk, will include laying new paving and seating as well as installing new lighting and removing planters and the pagoda, helping to make the shops more visible to people coming to the area. Leader of West Lancashire Borough Council and portfolio holder for Economic Regeneration, Councillor Ian Moran, said: It will be particularly important when non-essential shops can re-open after lockdown that they will be able to start trading as soon as possible.
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