BAY LIFE - ESPON on the Road

BAY LIFE
“Turning a town around, positive outcomes and
lessons learnt from Colwyn Bay’s Regeneration”
Rob Dix Section Head: Business and Enterprise
Conwy County Borough Council
POSITION 2007/08
• 2 LSOA’s in 10% most deprived wards
• Poor quality private rental stock
• 9.6% unemployment
• 30% working age – benefit claimants
• Transient population
• Health issues
• Physical decline
N. Wales Coast Regeneration Area
2009-13
• £54.7M regeneration investment
• Waterfront
• Parc Eirias and WRU facility
• Theatre Colwyn
• Station Road and Penrhyn Road Improvements
• Market Hall CPO and demolition
• Relocation of doctor’s surgeries
Vibrant and Viable Places
2014 -17
• £21.8M (£12M VVP)
• Housing Renewal – 542 units
• Residential Property Conversions – 50 units
• Townscape Heritage Initiative – 40 properties
• Waterfront – 1 km
• Community Grant – 36 projects
Bay Life Regeneration Programme
Beyond VVP
• Office Accommodation and One Stop Shop
• Communities First
• Town Centre Management
• Business Improvement District
• Station Improvements/Transport Interchange
• Arts Sector
• Pier
• Neighbourhood Management
We will get there
Heaven knows how we will get there
We know we will.
Osibisa 1971)
Thank You
Bay Life Regeneration Team
Tele No: 01492 577680
E-mail [email protected]
www.investcolwynbay.co.uk
www.conwy.gov.uk/baylife