What was the charrette? The charrette was an intensive planning session where members of the public, designers and others collaborated on a vision for development. It provided a forum for ideas and offers the unique advantage of giving immediate feedback to the designers. More importantly, it allows everyone who participated to be a mutual The Crinan Canal is a Scheduled Monument, an author of the plan. important tourism waterway and a significant corridor for leisure and tourism within Mid Argyll. The Canal Corridor has a crucial role to play in the wider maritime and tourism economy with local, regional and even national opportunities which need to be further understood and exploited for economic benefit in the Mid Argyll area. Scottish Canals, Argyll and Bute Council and local community councils and trusts in the Lochgilphead and Ardrishaig area agreed to undertake a charrette for the Crinan Canal Corridor. The charrette forms the first project to be jointly undertaken as part of a new partnership between Scottish Canals and Argyll and Bute Council. This project establishes a shared vision for the Crinan Canal Corridor with partners, stakeholders and local communities. (photos copyright Peter Sandground) What we did With over 200 public participants, the Crinan Canal Corridor was the best attended of any previous charrettes run by either Scottish Canals. Here are a selection of the activities you took part in. ‘Postcards from the future’. Participants were asked to imagine they were writing a postcard from the area from the ten year older selves. It was aimed particularly at younger people although many age groups actually ended up taking part. Big Map – a large scale aerial map of the charrette area was printed on to vinyl and taken to public areas. This activity triggered much interest and many relevant conversations. Wave Particle organised a series of workshops with five of the local primary schools and dropping into public places such as the Green, Lochgilphead amongst others to get spontaneous vox- pop local opinion. Charrette baseline study Main issues report v.02 Introduction Inveraray Mid Argyll Initiative area Complementing the work of the Mid Argyll Initiative ConnectivitySitting alongside the charrette is the Mid Argyll Initiative (MAi). Funded Crinan by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and initially led by the Mid Argyll Chamber of Commerce, the MAi has brought all the community crosses Moine Mhor Core Path (C) councils and development trusts from across the local area together to consider jointly investing in windfarm (and other) schemes to create a Key Road (A) significant community investment fund (MAi Fund) to progress priority C138 initiatives in the local area. National Cycle Network (NCN) C109 Crinan Canal Transport Routes Argyll Sea Kayak Trail NCN78 To identify the potential investment priorities a community investment plan is being developed from autumn/winter 2015 with a focus on 800 Crinan C107 Lochgilphead and Ardrishaig as the service centre of the area but also C131 considering the Crinan Canal and the wider Mid Argyll administrative Area of Charrette Study Lock 14 Bellanoch area including the many smaller communities within Crinanit. to Kilmartin Glen Cairnbaan Bellanoch and Oban Loch 600 Primary Area of Charrette Study Lochgilphead A steering group is in place and the MAi group have successfully Lock 15 Crinan applied for funding from Local Energy Scotland to explore the Crinan Jura investment options and processes and are currently looking to Geographic Scope of the Project Ardrishaig C460 formalise their status as anC458 investor. 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