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Originally Posted by Uncle Mick
Hi Gayle!!
Just a couple of quick ones for your perusal. The inward investment for path upgrades, carparking ect . Who will follow this up, HBC or the Regional Parks scheme? How definate are you of this money appearing? Why was this not costed into the regional parks scheme project?
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Friends of Arden Hall are pursuing the funding for the wider scheme along with the Parks Keeper (I'm not exactly sure of his title) from HBC. They are in talks with REMADE about this. I am absolutely definite that we will get money for this as is everyone else involved. REMADE have said as much - they have put £300,000 into Rossendale and are prepared to put similar (probably not quite as much as the Coppice isn't derelict like Top O'Slate) but significant enough to do all those extra things that are needed.
English Heritage have already said that they would be most likely to stump up cash for the revamp of the memorial and shelter should we apply. I'm not sure who will have to apply officially for that. Peter Beard made the initial enquiry to them but I don't think he'd be allowed to apply for funding.
NESTA National Endowment for Science Technology in the Arts have already guaranteed £30,000 for school and education projects around the area. I realise this isn't quite the same but we will lose it if the Panopticon doesn't go ahead as it is related to projects surrounding an earth work.
I don't know why it wasn't costed into the regional park scheme project. I can only assume that it's because all the additional funding will ride on the back of a Panopticon being built and until that's a certainty they couldn't account for it.