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Tourism Industry Forum. Regeneration Update Lynda Spain, Principal Regeneration Officer. Seaconomics – Activity 1. Gull Island Tourism Business Questionnaire. Seaconomics – Activity 2. Over 100 businesses attended workshops and training
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Tourism Industry Forum Regeneration Update Lynda Spain, Principal Regeneration Officer
Seaconomics – Activity 1 • Gull Island • Tourism Business Questionnaire
Seaconomics – Activity 2 • Over 100 businesses attended workshops and training • Exchange Visit to Neufchatel-Hardelot and Le Touquet • Visual Merchandising Competitions • Linked-In
Seaconomics – Activity 3 • Fully responsive Website • Niche Campaigns: Food & Drink Festival Cycling Cycle Friendly Business Scheme On your doorstep • Attendance at Trade Fairs: Vakantibeurs; Excursions; Meet the Media in Belgium • New stand and marketing materials
Riverside Regeneration – Shoreham • Footbridge complete – opened November 2013 • Scheme being designed for Riverside Car Park and Ferry Road area • Construction due to start on site Summer 2014
Lancing Vision • Lancing Vision Delivery Partnership • Shop Front Grants • Love Lancing Website • Queensway Regeneration • Beach Green • Sensory Garden/Hedborough Gardens
Kick Start Project – Active Beach Zone • West Sussex County Council funding of £300,000 • Sandcourts – Floodlighting • Artist Studios – Conversion of further chalets • Electricity Supply Improvements – Beach House Grounds • Refurbishment and letting of East Kiosk • New WaterPlay Feature • Windsor Road Shelter Conversion/Refurbishment • Streetlighting upgrade
Cultural Strategy • Strategy adopted by both Councils • Launch 29th April at Shoreham Yacht Club • Coastal Communities Fund – Cultural Business Hub
City Deal A City Deal for the Greater Brighton City Region has been agreed with government. The Greater Brighton City Region encompasses Brighton & Hove, Lewes, Mid-Sussex, Adur and Worthing. City Deal is expected to deliver: • 1,300 jobs in the short-term, rising to 8,500 jobs and 361m in annual GVA over the medium-term; • A £24.5m investment in the flagship New England House, with an extra 7,000m2 of floorspace for creative-tech businesses • £173m of investment in the medium term, creating a network of Growth Centres across the City Region • The unlocking of sites to deliver up to 2000 new homes over the medium term • A 1.8m integrated business support programme across the Greater Brighton and wider Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership area • Unlocking flood defences