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Regeneration of Nelson 'not in danger'
1:20pm Thursday 7th August 2008
COUNCIL bosses have denied that regeneration efforts in the Whitefield area of Nelson are in jeopardy.
Blueprints to revive the fortunes of the district have been scaled back after R.Gen, the borough council’s chosen partner, failed to convince English Partnerships that their proposals were financially secure.
Former councillor Mahboob Ahmed, at a meeting of the authority’s Nelson committee asked if R.Gen had pulled out of the scheme but was told by council directors that work was still ongoing to make their scheme viable.
Borough councillors have approved a separate scheme, funded by the authority itself, to refurbish two blocks in Every Street.
Original plans would have seen 100 empty homes revamped, a new community centre and 80 new homes.
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