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Are You Ready? Update

Today Charles and Sara attended the follow up workshop in Edinburgh, building on the very successful Are You Ready? pilot at Colintraive Village Hall in February. For more information on the project, and the very successful day of resilience imagineering … Continue reading

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ColGlen is getting warmer!

A new community initiative funded by the Climate Challenge Fund, aims to help householders in Colintraive and Glendaruel adopt energy efficiency measures and advice to help make their homes warmer, cheaper to heat and reduce their carbon footprints. Project Coordinator, … Continue reading

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Colintraive Hotel at Easter

New… Apres Kirk lunch at 12. Special £7.95, scampi or soup and sandwiches. Carry out food available every day from the hotel. Art in the Pub for the month of March, pub art exhibition. Scottish Scenes by Cat Comrie from … Continue reading

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The Ferries Review and how it might affect Colintraive

The Ferries Review is ongoing and it does affect Colintraive in particular. Here’s the relevant excerpt: 40. [...] we could enhance the Colintraive to Rhubodach service, running the service through to midnight, thereby extending the operating day and meeting the … Continue reading

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Bute Forest Wants to Know What We Think

Plans for the use of the community forest at Rhubodach, opposite Colintraive are now in consultation mode, and residents of Colintraive and Glendaruel have been invited to make their views known by visiting the site, or contact the new forest … Continue reading

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CGDT Newsletter Published this Weekend

Improved communication has been a recurrent theme in feedback from the community so this weekend, to coincide with the Colintraive Fete the Development Trust is publishing its first quarterly newsletter. Have a read, let us know what you think.

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CGDT now have premises at Colintraive Village Hall

The Development Trust has begun its rental of space in the Colintraive Village hall today! A great step forward. We now have to wait for BT to get their act together and install the new line and broadband connection. Tsk! … Continue reading

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Come along to the count!

We’re beginning the count at 3pm on Friday 8th October. Shirley McLeod from the council is officiating and we expect to have a result within half an hour. The question is will the refreshments be coffee and tea or champagne?

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The Forest Business Plan takes its next step

Michael Kaufmann and myself met Munro Gauld the Development Trust’s business consultant for the Stronafian Forest enterprise today to introduce him to the forest and give him a chance to assess the project before meeting with the board in the … Continue reading

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Our Animateurs Start Today!

Anne Lamb and Joan Robertson are our animateurs and they will be going around Glendaruel and Colintraive respectively taking the views of everyone they can find. Not only residents, but holiday home owners and visitors. The idea is to get … Continue reading

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