New funding opportunities being sought for Inn on the Park vision
EAST Lindsey District Council is exploring new funding opportunities to transform the Inn on the Park in Tower Gardens, Skegness, into a mixed use building with a traditional tea room, seaside museum and gallery space for local artists and travelling exhibitions.
This £1m vision, which was developed by the community, was one of over 50 projects submitted to the national Sea Change funding stream back in July. In the last few days the District Council has been told its bid, along with all others in Lincolnshire, was unsuccessful. Judges said they we’re faced with funding pressures and as a result could not support all the ideas put forward at this time.
The Inn on the Park has remained unused since the previous tenant left it in a state of disrepair in 2007
Portfolio Holder for Coast Regeneration, Councillor Dick Edginton, said he is still eager to turn the community dream into reality: “Tower Gardens in a much loved area in Skegness and it is important that we bring the former Inn on the Park back into use for the benefit of the town. Although we’ve had a set back we are still determined to try and find the funding required to make this project happen.”
The District Council is continuing to look at other national and regional funding streams to bring in the money required to make the project happen and over the next few weeks will be developing bids for this.
Leave a Reply