Jon Holt UK & Ireland Market Unit Manager
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Darwen Market Hall TOWERING AMBITION
Truly transformational – the impressive £100m Darwen Town Deal continues to gather momentum driven by the desire to create lasting change.
The positive headlines around the deal continue to come thick and fast. In May the green light was given to plans for a groundbreaking manufacturing and research centre on a five-acre site at Chapels.
Talks are progressing with Sheffield University’s AMRC to be the anchor tenant there – housing its first-of-its-kind Additive Manufacturing Accelerator and pioneering additive and 3D printing technology.
Perspex International, a major employer in the town, is also developing plans to expand its neighbouring site with a proposed new £30m national manufacturing centre there – again, with support from the deal.
The deal’s vision centres around key themes including town centre regeneration,
is already making its mark. “We’re already noticing the difference,” he says, describing the sports village development as “phenomenal”.
He adds: “If you looked across the country at the 50-odd places that have got these town deals I’d be very surprised if there is anyone that has made a better job of it.
“We’ve got Perspex relocating in the town. They had a choice to go to Barcelona or stay in Darwen. They stayed in Darwen.
“The manufacturing and research centre is an extraordinary thing really and an opportunity for really serious skills sets and we’re just about to start the developments around the market hall and town centre.
“The ‘Destination Darwen’ project has enabled everybody to look at its strengths as a compact market town with a very lively life and a lot of new entrants.”
Nicola Clayton is Blackburn College’s director of business development and external
We’ve got Perspex relocating in the town.
They had a choice to go to Barcelona or stay in Darwen. They stayed in Darwen
employment growth and business innovation as well as Darwen as a visitor destination. Plans also include a new sports village and connectivity through ultrafast fibre broadband.
The investment figures are impressive, with more than £20m for Darwen Market, its library and theatre and to upgrade Darwen Youth Centre.
And now there is a further £20m of new funding available through the government’s Long-Term Plan for Towns scheme.
The town is one of just 55 from across the country to have been awarded the cash from this particular pot and a new board has been formed to help prioritise how that funding can be best spent.
Council leader Phil Riley says the town deal
engagement and a member of the Darwen long-term plan board.
She says that around 800 students from Darwen study at the college, which has strong links with major employers in the town such as Herbert Parkinson and WEC.
The college also has plans to set up a base in the town delivering adult skills and courses for 16-19-year-olds. Nicola adds: “We are very much looking forward to working in partnership with everybody to support Darwen.”
Hannah Allen is chief executive of Blackburn and Darwen Youth Zone, which has been highly active in the town, engaging with young people and working to reduce anti-social behaviour.
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