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Monday, 26 April 2010 |
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 Bob Doris, the SNP MSP for Glasgow is attending a site visit of the Maryhill Burgh Halls redevelopment today, Monday 26 April, along with the Scottish Government Minister for Communities Alex Neil MSP. The visit will be an opportunity to see how the Scottish Government's £1.8m Scottish Government contribution to developing the Burgh Halls is being spent.
Mr Doris championed Glasgow's inclusion in the Town Centre Regeneration Fund process when others assumed the cash would not go to cities but instead to towns and villages. Mr Doris met with the Minister, Alex Neil, to press the case for Glasgow's inclusion and also made a specific pitch for the Maryhill Burgh Hall cash on the floor of the Scottish Parliament.
Of the progress being made Mr Doris said: "I am delighted that we are now seeing Maryhill Burgh Halls take its place as a significant local landmark once again and it will play a central role within the Maryhill Community. It has been a long hard fight to get this far for the Burgh Hall's Trust. I pay credit to them and I am also proud of the role that both myself and the SNP Government have played to secure vital funding.
"Today's event is an acknowledgement of all the hard work many people have carried out over a number of years to breathe life back into Maryhill Burgh Halls".
Note:
Motion placed by Bob Doris MSP following the successful announcement last year of over £5m for Glasgow from the Fund and £1.8m specifically for Maryhill Burgh Halls:
S3M-04662 Bob Doris (Glasgow) (Scottish National Party): Welcoming Town Centre Investment—
That the Parliament welcomes the announcement that £40 million has been allocated in the first round of grants from the Scottish Government's Town Centre Regeneration Fund and looks forward to the much-needed improvements that this funding will bring to the 48 successful bids and the estimated 640 jobs that will be supported; praises the wide geographical spread of successful bidders and that with almost £10 million going to successful city bids, including over £5 million for Glasgow, notes that this fund is reaching out to both urban and rural town centres; notes the real need to regenerate many of our urban community centres that lie outside city centre areas, including the project at Maryhill Burgh Halls where £1.8 million will help to create a significant community hub with a garden courtyard area, café, office space, gallery, recording studio and the creation of 75 jobs by the end of 2009; notes that the second round of bids for this year is in preparation, including one from Glasgow for the town centre area at Saracen in Possilpark, and believes that this innovative funding model can create the stimulus for new jobs and local regeneration in a way that provides exceptional value for the public purse.
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