College Scoops Prestigious Regeneration Award
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

BURA – the British Urban Regeneration Association - has named six projects as winners of the BURA Awards for Best Practice in Regeneration 2009, and Middlesbrough College is one of them!

The BURA Awards for Best Practice in Regeneration seek to identify and promote projects that are making a positive contribution to economic regeneration, acting as catalysts for wider regeneration and creating a self-sustaining momentum with long-term benefits for local communities.

BURA’s Chair Jackie Sadek congratulated all the winners:
“In a tough year for the sector, I am thrilled that the Awards for Best Practice in Regeneration are recognising six schemes that are not only weathering the storm, but doing it in style. These projects are leading the way in regeneration and offer lessons that reach far across the sector. “

This year’s winners are:

Liverpool ONE, Liverpool
Middlesbrough College at Middlehaven, Tees Valley
The Playhouse, Londonderry
Renewing the Routes, Belfast
St Peter’s Partnership, Ashton-u-Lyne
The Welsh Highland Railway


College Principal John Hogg expressed the pleasure felt by the College at this recognition of the College’s role in regeneration.
“We are delighted to receive this award, as the regeneration of Middlesbrough was a key factor in our relocation to Middlehaven”, said John Hogg, Principal and Chief Executive of the College.

“When we made the decision to relocate to Middlehaven, we faced a lot of questions from people. The area had been derelict for over twenty years and people wondered what we were up to. The impact on local trade, on the town centre, and on the cultural, social and economic life of Middlesbrough has come as a major surprise to many of those people. But we always knew that we could be a major catalyst for regeneration. The judges of this competition have recognised that we have achieved what we set out to do.”

John Hogg also recognised that the development of the overall Middlehaven area still has some way to go.
“We have had a major impact already, but this is just the first stage in a process that will transform Middlesbrough beyond recognition”, said the Principal.

“We have enjoyed working with our partners in what has been achieved so far, and look forward to continuing to be a key player in the regeneration agenda. Today, however, is a chance to celebrate what has been achieved already”.

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