Includes:
- Broadband Self-help – please email broadband@cgdt.org for more info
- Board News – newly elected directors & co-opted directors
- A Governance Update
- Modan’s Well
- Project Report
- Resilience News
- What3Words
Category: Broadband
With 500 copies distributed to the community and local businesses, we’ve now generated a downloadable version.
Included in this issue is news from the community council, the development trust, the church, our wildswimmers and the ColGlen chorus, to name but a few.
We are looking to update the map for the Summer issue, including more businesses and useful information, as well as adverts. We have 5 takers for the ad spaces so far and only another 4 are available – get yours by contacting the newsletter group through cgdt@cgdt.org
For more information on this exciting post please visit KCB’s website, here.
CGDT, which has been enabling the KCB steering group to move forward, is pleased to say the KCB website is now fully functional and available at www.kcb.scot. We have also included a link in this website’s menu for everyone’s convenience.
The website will be used to update the area on the project’s progress, will take signups to the newsletter (which will help evidence local demand for the service) and publish as much of the documentation as commercial confidentiality allows.
If you live in Colintraive & Glendaruel, Kilfinan or Bute Community Council areas, and you aren’t within 1 km of a BT Next Generation Enabled telephone exchange, this is for you:
PRESS RELEASE – ISSUED 27TH NOVEMBER 2015
Follow the link to view the progress of the Broadband Project.
We hope to see you at the Community Consultation meeting on Sunday 17th January 2015 – 2pm in the Glendaruel Village Hall.
COMMUNITY CONSULTATION MEETING
Thursday 18th June 2015
7pm – Glendaruel Village Hall
Colintraive & Glendaruel Development Trust are holding a meeting on Thursday 18th of June 2015 at 7pm in the Glendaruel Village Hall to discuss the proposal for a 2 x 500KW Community Wind Project within Stronafian Community Forest.
Renewables consultants, staff and Board members will be in attendance to answer your questions and describe the proposal to you in detail.
Updates on some of our other work within the Community Forest, The Cowal Way Long Distance Footpath, Community Broadband and the proposed Micro Hydro Scheme at Duiletter will also be provided.
We value your input and look forward to seeing you.
Thank you to those who completed the Broadband Survey with Anne Lamb. 100 completed forms were received, an excellent return rate, which shows just how important fast Broadband connectivity is to the Communities of Colintraive and Glendaruel.
The Trust’s Scoping Document was submitted last month to Community Broadband Scotland (CBS) and as soon as we hear that this has been approved we shall post it on the Trust’s website for your perusal.
The next step is to meet again with Campbell Cameron of CBS and he is joining us at 6pm Thursday 15th May in the Colintraive Village Hall along with his Operations Manager Alaistair Nicolson.
Campbell and Alaistair will brief the meeting on the planned Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) roll out issues and how CBS can help the community fill the gaps left.
Following this meeting a Technical Options Study will need to be undertaken (if funding can be confirmed). This study will hopefully produce a plan to ensure that the project, when complete, will be viable, robust and sustainable.
We do hope that you can attend the meeting on the 15th and we look forward to a fruitful discussion.
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
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.