A piece of vacant land in Maryhill – Collina St – has been put up for sale by Glasgow city council “exclusively for private ownership”. Consultation was held with the community thirteen years ago, before Covid-19, austerity and the climate emergency, and the community want the right to be consulted on how the land is used.
Community buy-out
After an unsuccessful bid to buyout two buildings on Dumfries high street last year, Midsteeple Quarter, a community benefit society, have now purchased the two buildings with the help of South of Scotland Enterprises.
Community Attempts to Bring Life Back to Dumfries Town Centre
There was a fantastic piece of journalism on Channel 4 News last night, as Alex Thomson visited the town of Langholm in Dumfries & Galloway to see the land which the community is trying to get back from the Duke of Buccleuch. I say “get back” because part of the area the community is trying to […]