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Is Your Broadband Coverage and Speed Poor?

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET THE SPEED NEEDED TO FULLY BENEFIT FROM THE INTERNET?

Community Broadband Scotland is working with communities to help find a solution to improving internet access and will attend a public meeting at Colintraive Village Hall on MONDAY, 21st OCTOBER @ 7.00p.m.

Whether you are an individual – or represent a business – come along and lend your support to finding a solution for the digital future of Colintraive and Glendaruel

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Forest Dates for your Diary

10th October 6pm-8pm at the Colintraive village hall. We will be looking to form a forest group to establish the roles and responsibilities of the group and start to look at key issues that came out of our last public meeting, such as access into the forest.

9th November 10.30-1.00pm at the Colintraive village hall. A “Woodland croft workshop for committed crofters”. Participants will be asked to book on and submit a registration form. Analysis of submitted forms will form the basis of discussions and we will have expert advice available for potential crofters questions. Part of the session will include site visits to potential woodland croft areas.

23rd and 24th November (timings to be confirmed). A weekend of community archaeology, working with Archaeology Scotland on the access, interpretation and conservation of the chambered cairn.

More information for each of these events will be made available soon.

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Nominations for Community Council Open

Opportunity for local residents to stand for the Community Council and nominations will be the subject of a meeting to be held on Thursday 26th September, commencing 6.30p.m. at Colintraive Village Hall.

Anyone interested in becoming involved as a community representative is encouraged to attend.

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Master-planning Presentation and Workshop Outcomes for Stronafian Forest

For those of your who were there, and for those who were not, here is the presentation by our masterplanning consultants, as well as the outcome documents which were produced on the evening.

Presentation | Discussion Group A | Discussion Group B | Discussion Group C | Workshop Outcomes

If you would like to comment further or add your view, please email the consultants here.

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We had a great evening …

… over 50 folks made it to Colintraive to hear about and feedback on and plan for Stronafian Forest. Here are a couple of snaps of the evening.

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As you can see, not only did we have all sorts of plans and presentations, but we also had soup and cake made by Danuta. Delicious!

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Maps, Plans & Proposals for Stronafian Tonight!

From 6pm at the Colintraive Village Hall Mark, our Community Forest Development Officer will be hosting an evening all about the forest. There’ll be presentations, discussions, map-making and lots of lovely soup. Come along! All are welcome!

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Argyll & The Isles Tourism Roadshow at Strachur

Great opportunity to feed in to tourism strategy for Cowal on Tues 24th Sept 2013 in The Creggans Inn, Strachur

‘Tourism Argyll & The Isles 2020’ Workshop from 1 – 4.30pm
Drop in from 5.30 – 7.30pm

Open to everyone involved in tourism in the area.

Hear all about Argyll & The Isles Tourism Co-operative and help shape the future of tourism in this wonderful part of Scotland as we develop Tourism Argyll & The Isles 2020 – identify the opportunities for growth in Cowal, and the issues that need to be addressed to achieve this.

Provide input to www.exploreargyll.co.uk and the new leaflet being produced covering Cowal as part of an Argyll-wide suite. Hear all about AITC’s social media activity and how to join in. Find out what support is available for your own business from Business Gateway, VisitScotland and others.

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Your Development Trust Needs You!

It’s almost two months since the Trust’s Annual General Meeting and those members who attended will recall the various presentations which outlined the Trust’s achievements to date. Against the priorities highlighted by the community which were collated in the Development Plan, significant progress has been made in a relatively short time.  The community now owns an extremely valuable asset in Stronafian Forest which offers tremendous potential for regeneration of the area.  Employment opportunities;  jobs creation;   affordable housing and amenity use all have the potential to impact on community confidence.   Increasing the economically active population will, in turn, help improve the local economy; create service provision; and help secure the local school.
A great deal of time and effort has been expended on the Forest project to date and Mark, our Forest Officer, is promoting an open evening (with homemade soup!) on 13th September (6-8p.m.)in Colintraive Village Hall when local residents can learn how they can be involved in influencing what happens in the forest.
The Community Development Plan highlighted Stronafian Forest as the “Flagship” project and now that this is well and truly underway, the Trust is considering the next priority to be tackled.   This is the optimum time to inspire the next phase of development, so why not consider joining the board and influencing what major project should be tackled next.  We currently have a board of 5 dedicated individuals but additional directors would help move projects forward sooner rather than later. Whilst it’s true that Directors have certain responsibilities which demand a degree of diligence, these are not onerous and there is no threat to any individual – or their assets – as the liability of members is limited to £1 should the Trust ever be wound up.
Progress towards the aspirations of the Community Development Plan can be accelerated with the commitment of additional board members. Could you be that addition? Would you like to talk it over with an existing board member?  Directors can be contacted for an informal chat without any obligation (contact details below).
The Trust has helped both Colintraive and Glendaruel Village Halls to upgrade and is currently supporting a further phase of improvements to the Glen Hall;  the feasibility study has been completed for the Cowal Way;  renewable energy projects, both wind and hydro, are currently being investigated and several other priorities contained in the Development Plan are under investigation.
Please consider exploring the possibility of joining the Board – your community needs you!
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An Invitation to Stronafian Forest Open Evening!

Let’s see what’s in your Forest!

Let’s Plan things in your Forest!

Over 70 people responded to our recent Stronafian Community Forest Survey. It is now time to shape and plan the development of our forest.

We have appointed a consultancy firm to help us produce a development plan. Together we need to form a group whose input will determine the content of the plan, a plan that enables the community to be involved from the very start.

Members of this Focus Group will:

• Be planning new access in the Forest to discover our hidden heritage. We will be working alongside Archaeology Scotland and the Argyll and Bute Council Access team. Learn new skills in path survey, archaeological conservation and fundraising.

• Planning Woodland Crofts, helping to set the criteria for and select potential crofters.

• Take a lead role in where we might want to situate a community wind turbine if the feasibility study is positive.

• Become wildlife wardens. Help to plan and develop a sustainable environment for our very special wildlife. Learn to develop wildlife corridors and build nature hides.

• Plan the development for activities in the Community Forest, such as cycle paths, picnic areas and other suggestions from the survey.

On Friday 13th September we are holding an open evening with the consultant to look at maps, plans and proposals

Be proactive; get involved with your Community Forest development. Come to a welcome evening where we can discuss plans and show you where we can work together. Receive a warm welcome, soup and homemade refreshments.

At the Colintraive village hall, Friday 13th September 6pm-8pm

For further information contact Mark Chambers on 01700  841358, mark@cgdt.org or Jim McLuckie on 01369 820266, ormidale@hotmail.com