Tuesday 9 September 2008

New Lease of Life for the Tenbury Regal

A study commissioned by the Tenbury Area Partnership is to propose the development of the Regal Cinema/Community Centre into a vibrant arts, heritage and cultural centre.

New facilities could provide opportunities for people of all ages to participate in sports, arts and recreational activities.

A well designed re-development of the site could provide a vibrant cultural centre with cross over facilities by combing meeting rooms and office space with a wide range of activities including museum facilities, events and exhibitions, gallery, whilst keeping and upgrading the existing Cinema and Theatre space.

It is hoped that £2M Grant funding from a variety of sources can make this plan a reality.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

How wonderful that millions of pounds might be available to create a whizzo arts centre thing at the Regal - how remarkable that no money is available for flood defences. Obviously the Regal is more important than Tenbury Wells!
Surely something has gone very wrong here? Has anyone done a survey in Tenbury to check what people want? A "Super Regal" - or a protected town?

@WR15 said...

I believe widespread consultation has taken place, and a building of this type is well overdue. It is still unlikely to happen for years.

As usual, it's all to do with different money in different budgets.

How technically realistic is a flood defence to protect the town?