The Black Country as an Urban Park’ are celebrating after the ambitious environmental regeneration project was short-listed for a national television and website vote that could see it winning £50 million of Lottery funding.
A Big Lottery Fund (BIG) scrutinising committee has named it as one of four prestigious schemes that will battle it out for public votes in December both via the internet and on ‘The People’s £50 million Contest’ programme to be screened on ITV.
Sarah Middleton, chief executive of the Black Country Consortium that led the joint bid, said: |
“This is fantastic news. For Black Country ambitions to be placed alongside other exciting projects of potentially international importance is a clear recognition of the great progress the region is making.
“Our vision is for a ‘green’ Urban Park (UP) that will involve and be embraced by a million people in the Black Country. But our world heritage is also for others to visit, enjoy and celebrate and that makes it a project for the whole country.
“Now we ask people everywhere to ‘Stand UP for the Black Country’ and vote for the Urban Park in December.” So click on the link below and get voting. |
