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CAMPAIGNERS fighting to give Inverclyde its industrial pride back are demanding a council-led investigation into what they have branded as Peel Group s abysmal stewardship of Greenock s harbours. They want a root and branch probe into the level of investment by Peel and the amount of grant money the company has received since taking over the facilities nearly 17 years ago. In a strongly worded submission to Municipal Buildings bosses, the Campaign to Save Inchgreen Dry Dock says that Peel Group s total contribution has been the Tail O The Bank pub and restaurant. It has called for the company to be stripped of its 125-year lease on the town s waterfront infrastructure.
A PRESSURE group battling to breathe fresh industrial life into Inverclyde has branded the council s proposed local development plan contradictory and called on Municipal Buildings bosses to be more visionary . In a wide-ranging input to a public consultation on the future of the district, the Campaign to Save Inchgreen Dry Dock has criticised what it says is a risk averse ideology within the local authority. It says that a policy of building houses in Inverclyde s industrial heartland is restrictive , and demands that it stop immediately. The pressure group in an 1,100-word document to the council declares: The council must stop its risk averse ideology and be more visionary and radical in its approach to our industrial regeneration.
INVERCLYDE Shed has clinched a £500,000 grant to renovate a building in Greenock and transform it into a community workshop. The organisation, with support from the council, received the payment from the Scottish Government for a Make, Grow and Share project which will help secure its future for the next 25 years. The money will be used to refurbish the rundown old council shed in East Blackhall Street, opposite East India Harbour, over the next year. It will create a hub for people to share their expertise, learn new skills and put them to good use in the wider community. Bruce Newlands, chairman, said: Our members are delighted with the news that the Scottish Government’s Regeneration Capital Grant Fund will support our project with Inverclyde Council.