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Up into the woods to the Chambered Cairn

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Charles Dixon-Spain

Last weekend an intrepid pair of Glendaruels ventured up to the chambered cairn – we thought you might like to see the photos:

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ColGlen is getting warmer!

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Charles Dixon-Spain

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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The Next Stage of the Glendaruel Working Group

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Charles Dixon-Spain

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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CGDT is Granted Community Right to Buy on Glendaruel Hotel

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Charles Dixon-Spain

The Colintraive and Glendaruel Development Trust is delighted to announce it has been granted a community right to buy on the Glendaruel Hotel under the terms of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. The hotel which stands at the centre … Continue reading →

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Community Right to Buy: Some Facts

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

Here is a summary of the pertinent facts relating to Community Rights to Buy: A community right to buy gives the community the time to decide whether to purchase an asset at market value. The community right to buy does … Continue reading →

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St. Modan

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

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

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

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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Glendaruel Village Hall gets Broadband!

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

And a phoneline on 3rd November. We’ll update here when the facility is available for community members to use. We’re hoping holiday-makers will also be able to connect.

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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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Desks and Drawers and Office Space

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Charles Dixon-Spain

Today we met with the Glendaruel Village Hall to talk about how the space we’d be using in the back-room would be structured. The idea is to see if we can create a set of shelving and desk space that … Continue reading →

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