Scarborough A Renaissance Town

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Scarborough A Renaissance Town
Doug Kendall Project Development Manager
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How it all began

• In April 2002, public consultation at the Spa
• Kissing Sleeping Beauty
• Yorkshire Forward Involvement
• Town Team Renaissance Office
• European Regional Development Funds

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• Since July 2006 we have brought into the town
• 6,000,000 Yorkshire Forward Capital.
• 7,000,000 E.R.D.F
• 3,000,000 Scarborough Borough Council capital
• 4,500,000) Partnership money from private
  developers.
• 2,000,000 HLF funding

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Outputs

• The projects we are developing will create
• 234 new jobs in 2 years
• 86 hectare of land for industrial use
• Will indirectly accommodate 322 jobs
• 36 new starter units for creative industries

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Training Education

• All the developments are linked to training
  opportunities
• Links to local university and colleges.
• The industrial park will have a dedicated
  training and education programme

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Scarborough Spa
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Wood End Creative Industries Centre

• Funding 4,800,000
• Start on Site 26th June 2006
• Completion January 2008
• Second phase now funded to a total of 850,000 to
  rebuild the tower and construct 5 more business
  units

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Creative Industries Centre
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Creative Industries Centre
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• Scarborough Business Park

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Scarborough Business Park

• Provides the town with business expansion for the
  next 10 years or more.
• The project is value is 9,600,000 with a
  4,000,000 contribution from Caddick's, 3.7m
  from ERDF and 400,000 from Plaxton Parks
  Industries Ltd

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Sandside the Harbour

• 2,815,000
• Marina for 70 boats in the inner harbour
• New walkways.
• New lighting schemes.
• New seating.

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Sandside and the Harbour
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Rotunda Museum

• 5,000,000 project
• The building has been completed and the museums
  fit out and interactive systems are now being
  installed
• The works also include the redesigning of the
  garden areas to both sides of Valley Road

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Rotunda Museum
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What has been noticeable over the last 18 months,
is the increase in large developments which are a
result, either directly or indirectly, of the
renewed image of Scarborough
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• The Sands 120 million pounds

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Private Developments
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Other Projects

• There are smaller community projects too
• The railway cycle track on the old Whitby line
• Trafalgar Square Project
• The Parks Initiatives Peasholm Park, Royal
  Albert Park, completion of the St Nicholas
  Gardens Scheme, Esplanade Gardens shelters

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What of the Future

• Promote Scarborough as a learning town and
  retention of local graduates
• Develop Scarborough as a contemporary, healthy
  and vibrant town by the sea
• Connectivity and employment creating
  opportunities for local people

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Immediate objectives

• Reduce unemployment and incapacity benefit in the
  Borough
• Increase the average wage by diversifying types
  of employment opportunities
• Creating quality environments

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• Connectivity install NYnet to the business park
  and the CIC
• Develop the Arts and Culture assets of the area
• Target action at specific neighbourhoods which
  are economically and socially disadvantaged
• Business Coast Branding

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• Tourism is still very important to the Borough
• Proposed Urban Realm projects to the outer
  harbour, West pier and Albert Park.
• University town
• Increase level of attainment
• Proposed new build Yorkshire Coast College