Category Archives: Clachan

Kilmodan Primary School Nominated for the Employability Across Learning Award

Kilmodan Primary School’s Market Garden and Tearoom project has been nominated for the award for Employability Across Learning Award. The text of the nominated reads as follows: [Colintraive and Glendaruel is] a tiny community; the clachan that the school is … Continue reading

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The Next Stage of the Glendaruel Working Group

At the last meeting of the working group we spent two hours poring over the decision matrix we had developed in the previous session. With Donald’s ongoing and able help we were able to develop some ideas about the types … Continue reading

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Of Hall, Hotel and Hub: an Ongoing Discussion

One of the ongoing discussions we have been engaged in is seeing a way forward for Glendaruel what with the CRtB on the Hotel, the initial plans drawn up by the Hub Group and the ongoing progress the Village Hall … Continue reading

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Of Hubs, Hydro and Ships-to-Shore

A quick digest on some of the projects which we are working on at the moment: The group looking at the Clachan pavilion or hub on the eastern end of the shinty pitch have recently received from the architect the … Continue reading

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A Community Working Together

Over the last weeks there has been an unprecedented level of activity in the community looking at our future and the projects we might like to take forward. The ‘Ship-to-shore’ and the ‘Colintraive Gateway’ steering groups have met and made … Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

Wishing everyone a really great New Year, and here’s hoping that today’s news on the halting of the schools consultation means that Argyll and Bute Council drop all plans to close Kilmodan. The Development Trust is convinced of the absolutely … Continue reading

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St. Modan

One of the privileges of working on some of the projects that the Development Trust have in view, is that sometimes you come across really unexpected slices of information or history. Once such happened today as we examined deed maps … Continue reading

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Our Letter in Support of the Save Kilmodan Primary School Campaign

The Development Trust have just sent our letter in support of the campaign to keep Kilmodan Primary School open to Cleland Sneddon, the head of Education for Argyll and Bute Council. The letter provides a detailed critique of the proposals … Continue reading

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Application to register an interest in Hotel passes first stage

The Development Trust received notification today that our application to acquire a right to buy on the Glendaruel Hotel has been accepted by the Scottish Ministers, and that copies of the application have been sent to the present owners. A … Continue reading

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CRtB Application on the Glendaruel Hotel Sent In

A red letter day for the communities of Colintraive and Glendaruel: the application for the Community Right to Buy on the Glendaruel Hotel has been sent in to the Community Assets Branch in Edinburgh. This should be received on Monday … Continue reading

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