A FURTHER #36m was yesterday pledged towards the regeneration of one
of Scotland's areas of high unemployment.
The pledge was made at the relaunch of the Cumnock and Doon Valley
initiative, a partnership between public and private enterprise which,
in four-and-a-half years, has spent #62m, created over 500 jobs, and
visibly improved the environment and the infrastructure of the former
mining area in Ayrshire.
Launching the second phase of the initiative until local government
reorganisation in 1996 Mr Tom Farmer, on behalf of Scottish Enterprise,
said: ''The original initiative was a vision of a better future written
in a very bleak time.''
He predicted further progress and a growth in job opportunities, as
well as a better quality of life in Cumnock and Doon Valley.
The ceremony took place in a newly completed factory on the Cumnock
business park.
The leader of the district council, Councillor David Sneller, said:
''We hope that new jobs will come with this new money, and job creation
is a major target over the next two-and-a-half years.''
The Cumnock and Doon Valley Initiative was set up by 10 founding
partners, the district and regional councils, Enterprise Ayrshire,
Cumnock and Doon Enterprise Trust, British Coal Enterprise Ltd, British
Coal Opencast, Scottish Homes, the Ayr College, and two large local
employers, the Stanley Group and Kingsmead Carpets.
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