We have just published the latest edition of the St Ives Town Deal Newsletter which contains the latest information about all our Town Deal projects.

The last few months have been very busy and very exciting for our programme.

Cllr Louis Gardner, Cornwall Council portfolio holder for economy, joined members of Cornwall’s Town Deal team to visit some of our Town Deal projects. His whistlestop tour included St Ives Theatre, the Old Vicarage Flats and Leach Pottery. It was great to have the opportunity to show Cllr Gardner the fantastic progress which is being made by all these projects.

Members of St Ives Community Land Trust organised an Open Day in November to show the local community what has been happening with its Old Vicarage Flats project ahead of the building closing for the start of the major refurbishment works. St Ives Town Council’s £3.1 million project to restore and improve the historic Guildhall building has taken a major step forward with the news that their contractor, Classic Builders, is now on-site.

Preparations are well underway for the completion of St Ives Theatre’s refurbishment, with the company due to celebrate the re-opening of their transformed building at Easter with a performance of the Wizard of Oz. Work is continuing on the next phase of LiveWest’s retrofit housing programme and a decision on the hybrid planning application for the St Ives Rugby Club project is expected by the end of December.

Progress is also being made in developing schemes within the Low Carbon Transport Strategy. Work on the first Town Deal funded scheme – redesigning Terrace Junction to improve pedestrian access and space and discourage visitors from driving into the town centre – is due to be completed by the end of December.

Updates on these and all our other projects are available in our newsletter – you can read it here