Community Council takes action for jobs
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Ceulanamaesmawr Community Council and ecodyfi have released the provisional results of a job creation study for Talybont.It shows that there is demand for office and workshop space in north Ceredigion. The Council now wants the rest of the community to get involved in deciding whether and how to provide suitable units in the village. A group of residents almost bought a redundant building in Talybont a few years ago, intending to do it up and make it available to local people wanting to set up in business. That plan fell through, but the idea has resurfaced in the light of current concern about potential house-building in the future. Councillors want to balance this possible expansion by creating work opportunities in the village. They know that the availability of suitable premises at an affordable rent is an important factor for people with a business idea and that some people have had to leave the village to work elsewhere. Talybont could form a community-owned enterprise to create such work-spaces, whether through refurbishment or new-build. Ecodyfi (the Dyfi Eco Valley Partnership) found funds from the Welsh Development Agency and employed a consultant to help this process. The way the project involves the community in sustainable job creation matches ecodyfi's aims very well. The consultant is the Egin Partnership, from Bangor. They asked existing businesses about their development needs, looked for people interested in starting a business and talked to support agencies and community leaders. Egin found that some existing businesses want to expand and that some would consider moving to Talybont to do so. Workshops would need good access onto the A487 and this was most likely to be achieved at the edges of the village rather than amongst the existing housing. Offices would have to be of a high standard, preferably ecologically-sound, and any premises wanting to attract tourists or visitors would need good car parking. The next part of the work has two aims. First, to discover whether there are local people who would be encouraged to start up in business if they had suitable premises. And secondly, to find out how keen the community is to see this kind of development in Talybont. To this end, there will be a Start-Up in Business event in Talybont on Monday 29th September, where people can meet business advisors, the organisers and the consultants and also see initial ideas as to how the development could look. Further information:Read the report [Word Doc
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06.12.04