Newmilns Regeneration Association

EDM number 1574 in 2017-19, proposed by Alan Brown on 04/09/2018.
Categorised under the topic of Regeneration.

That this House congratulates the Newmilns Regeneration Association (NRA) on its recent success in winning the Queens Award for Voluntary Service; notes that the Association were rewarded for its extensive work in the regeneration of the village of Newmilns; further notes that the group have taken over the village's former Post Office building and are transforming it into a heritage centre and that they have started up the annual Newmilns Food Festival which is now entering its third year and is the only one of its kind in the whole of Ayrshire; further notes and commends the NRA on being the first organisation in Scotland to agree a placemaking plan with the local council in order to further long term regeneration within the village; and wishes Newmilns Regeneration Association continuing success in its work, in the months and years ahead.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs.