Regeneration, Housing and Environment
Published on July 27, 2017 at 5:49 pm
Members of the Rossendale Together Barnfield (RTB) Partnership have paid the Spinning Point site a visit to see progress that has been made.
More details can be found here.
After visiting the site, Councillor Andy MacNae, Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Leisure and Tourism, said:
“We have worked really hard to bring in investment to our town centres to help them flourish.
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Published on July 25, 2017 at 4:29 pm
Spinning Point, the multimillion pound redevelopment of Rawtenstall town centre has won a prestigious award.
You can read all about the award here.
Welcoming the news, Councillor Andy MacNae, Portfolio Holder for Regeneration, Leisure and Tourism, said:
“This is brilliant news and shows the progress being made to redevelop the area.
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Published on June 21, 2017 at 3:30 pm
Rossendale Council has welcomed new investment which will fund major improvements to the borough’s CCTV system.
The Council has been successful in its funding bid to modernise the system covering the borough’s town centres.
The investment comes from the Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner’s Community Safety Fund. Here’s the link to the announcement.
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Published on June 21, 2017 at 10:43 am
The Rossendale Together Barnfield (RTB) Partnership has welcomed progress on Spinning Point development as new hoardings have been put in place.
Kevin Ruth, Chair of the RTB Partnership, said: “We are pleased the hoardings have gone up and people can see the progress that has already been made. The scheme is on track and once finished will be a big boost to this borough.”
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Published on June 2, 2017 at 2:43 pm
Rossendale Council has praised the work of a borough community group which has received Royal approval.
Civic Pride Rossendale has won a Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, described as an MBE for charities.
Stuart Sugarman, Chief Executive of Rossendale Council, paid tribute to the group and its volunteers.
He said: “I am delighted Civic Pride have been recognised for their outstanding work in making Rossendale a better place.
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Published on May 15, 2017 at 2:48 pm
Civic Pride Rossendale recently started a new project of creating yellow signs on the pavement in areas where dog fouling has been an ongoing problem. Early signs are good, in that the number of both unbagged and bagged and discarded faeces appear to have been reduced. This is obviously in line with our hopes and expectations but why does it work?
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Published on March 16, 2017 at 1:19 pm
In just over four years, the Council has generated £67k in savings from Solar Panels.
In 2012 Rossendale Council installed solar panels on the roof of its Futures Park Offices, in those 4 years and 4 months we have generated a total savings/income so far of just under £70k.
Based on this rate we will have paid for their installation just after October 2019 meaning that the £112k investment will be retuned back in just six years nine months.
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Published on March 7, 2017 at 1:37 pm
The Great British Spring event saw lots of volunteers come out to help clean up their local community
Over 250 bags of litter were collected up over the weekend for the Council to remove following on from community clean up events across the Valley.
Rossendale Council’s Chief Executive Stuart Sugarman and Head of Operations Paul McHenry joined Cllr Lamb and Civic Pride Members for litter collecting in Newchurch on Friday.
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Published on March 2, 2017 at 5:04 pm
Rossendale Council Officer’s work on night time noise nuisance sees positive results for a neighbour troubled by dog barking at night in Earby.
Environmental Health Officer at Rossendale Council work on out of hours noise nuisance calls through the night alongside fellow colleagues across Lancashire. Recently one such case resulted in a prosecution based on the work of our Officer.
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Published on March 2, 2017 at 3:42 pm
Saturday March 4th will see the grand opening of the eagerly awaiting pump track in Stubbylee Park as part of the regeneration masterplan.
The event will take place 12noon-3pm on Saturday March 3rd where people can ride the track for the very first time.
Bikes will be available to use and advice given by those who constructed the track, as well as refreshments.
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