St Ives Town Deal

Welcome to St Ives Town Deal - a fantastic opportunity to secure major investment to enhance and improve St Ives for the future.

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Enterprise Grants scheme playing key role in supporting local businesses and organisations in St Ives

From providing grants for improving shopfronts in the town centre, creating new workspaces and renovating derelict buildings, to helping existing local creative, digital, construction, trade and manufacturing companies to expand or diversify the services they offer, or funding premises for new start-ups, the St Ives Town Deal Enterprise Grant Scheme is playing a key role in supporting local businesses and organisations

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This site provides information about the St Ives Town Deal programme and the vision we set out in our Town Investment Plan.
Here you can find out more about the projects which are included in our programme and will receive up to £19.9 million from the  Government’s Towns Fund.

The Opportunity

St Ives is the jewel in Cornwall’s crown. It draws people to live, work and visit, creating and building on a unique community with a rare mix of talents and ideas, along with a concentration of creative, innovative and talented makers, artists and businesses.

We want to build on the rich tapestry of assets in St Ives, from its beautiful coastal scenery and living heritage to its vibrant culture and local community, focussing on the needs of residents, whilst continuing to welcome visitors, embedding sustainability and attracting new enterprise, and supporting the aspirations of the next generation.

Our overall vision and strategy for St Ives has been developed in consultation with our local communities and businesses.

On 9 May 2021 we successfully bid for a Town Deal worth £19.9 million from the Government’s Towns Fund Scheme

Our bid was designed to deliver three key objectives:

  • Generate inclusive green growth and new enterprise, within a year-round economy
  • Support the health, wellbeing and aspiration of all residents in life and work
  • Create opportunities for young people which allow them to flourish

 

Our Town Investment Plan is based around three themes:

  • Low carbon transport system
  • Local skills, jobs and business
  • New and transformed housing and community assets

 

Our Town Investment Plan includes a mix of large-scale transformation projects together with a number of smaller scale community projects which fit within these themes.  You can read our Town Investment Plan here.

The projects will enable us to deliver our vision to level up our economy, bring opportunities for everyone who lives and works here and provide quality employment and real aspiration for all. This will be wrapped in a circular and green economy approach – meeting the needs of all within safe environmental limits – and making St Ives ready for the challenges of the future.

Go to the Get Involved page to find out how you can be part of the change for the future

Make sure you keep up to date with the latest St Ives Town Deal news by subscribing to our newsletter via the link at the bottom of the page.

To get in touch contact: StIvesTownDeal@cornwall.gov.uk

Read the full briefing document here and understand what it is all about.

Meet The Board

We’ve put together a great board of people who are positive about St Ives & want to see the town move forward. You can read more about Board discussions on the Meetings page.
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Programme Update

Find out the latest information about our Town Deal programme right here. We will provide regular updates via our website and social media channels, and in the local media.
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Town Deal Projects

Our Town Investment Plan includes a mix of large-scale transformation projects together with a number of smaller scale community projects which fit within these themes.
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St Ives Town Investment Plan

Our Town Investment Plan sets out our vision and strategy for St Ives and was developed with extensive community involvement.
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Our Vision for St Ives

Our overall vision and strategy for St Ives has been developed by local communities and businesses. Our vision has been driven by local people:

To build on the rich tapestry of assets in St Ives, from its beautiful coastal scenery and living heritage of its vibrant culture, and local community, focussing on the needs of residents, whilst continuing to welcome visitors, embedding sustainability and attracting new enterprise, and supporting the aspirations of the next generation.

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See full Vision and Objectives

Meetings

Get the latest information from board meetings
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Get Involved

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News and updates

Keep up with all our press releases, latest updates, social media activity, surveys and events.
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Your Questions Answered

Find the answers to some of our most frequently asked questions.
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Timeline

Check the programme for delivering our Town Deal projects
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