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Originally Posted by Gayle Knight
In Rossendale they've received an additional £300,000 for things like paths, car parking, disabled access, fencing, stiles and bulb planting. They've got this money from REMADE, who have already told us that funding for the Coppice is highly likely should the Panopticon go ahead. We have had the argument levelled at us that this is blackmail - i.e. you'll only get the extra money if you accept the Panopticon. That simply isn't the case, HBC can't afford to do the extra stuff that's needed, the money has been made available for the sculpture and if the sculpture is built that will give REMADE a reason for pitching in with the extra funding the Coppice needs.
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Why do we have to start things then hope for extra money? if you build a house would you run to the bank and say or we now need money for the roof, any bank would have asked that question at the time of application.