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Application to register an interest in Hotel passes first stage

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

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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Full Business Plan Submitted for Stronafian Forest

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

Written by Munro Gauld, the business plan has now been submitted as part of our application to the National Forestry Land Scheme. Our thanks to Munro for all his hard work. To read the document, please download it from our … Continue reading →

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Application for significant broadband upgrade

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

Over the last month or so we have been fine-tuning our application to the Leader Broadband Challenge Fund for a significant upgrade to our internet connectivity as a community. The application went in today, and we’re keeping our fingers crossed. … Continue reading →

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CRtB Application on the Glendaruel Hotel Sent In

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

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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If you haven’t received your ballot papers yet …

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

… Please contact Rhona through the contact page letting her know, and she’ll forward you another set. We’ve had a single report of non-arrival of ballot papers and we just want to ensure everyone gets the chance to vote on … Continue reading →

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Animateur Reports

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

Both animateurs handed their reports in today, and very pleasing reading they make too. Lots of interesting and varied points have come back from the community, much of which has helped in directing the information we will have available on … Continue reading →

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Stronafian Forest District Valuer’s Inspection

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

As part of the progress toward our application to the NFLS, today the District valuer David Herriott came to look over the forest, and myself and Michael Kaufmann accompanied him for the morning. It was an overcast day, but the … Continue reading →

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The Working Groups are off!

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

Just a quick note to report that two working groups were formed on the 4th in Glendaruel, one to look specifically at the Hotel, and the other at a community hub or Pavilion. As I write the Hotel group have … Continue reading →

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The Rush to Broadband

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

Rhona and I are presently preparing the draft of an application to LEADER for a broadband project to take advantage of a 1M euros fund the government have just announced. Luckily we have the Cadispa report to evidence much of … Continue reading →

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