Join STP, Scotland’s Improvement Districts and town stakeholders for the next meeting of the CPG on Towns and Town Centres on Wednesday 5 December 2018.
In December’s meeting we will hear from expert speakers and the latest initiatives on how to create Clean, Green and Sustainable Towns as well as the benefits of these for local communities and economies.
There will also be time for both networking and speaker Q&A, with refreshments kindly supported by Zero Waste Scotland and Keep Scotland Beautiful.
AGENDA
‘Clean, Green, Sustainable Towns’
Scottish Parliament, Committee Room 2
Refreshments kindly supported by Zero Waste Scotland and Keep Scotland Beautiful
12:00 Meet in Parliament reception area
12:30 Light refreshments
12:40 Welcome and Opening Remarks – John Scott MSP, Convener
12:45 Minutes of the Meeting of the Cross Party Group held 26th September
Matters Arising from the Minutes
Clean, Green, Sustainable Towns
12:50 Introduction
Phil Prentice, Chief Officer, Scotland’s Towns Partnership
12:55 Urban Green Infrastructure: Making healthy, prosperous places
Iain Rennick, Head of Structural Funds, Scottish Natural Heritage
13:05 Zero Waste Scotland and Towns
Lesley Ure, Project Development Officer; Warren McIntyre, Programme Manager, Zero Waste Scotland
13:15 Prosperous and Productive Places: The Future of Scotland’s Vacant and Derelict Land
Martin Valenti, Strategic Director, Scottish Land Commission
13:25 Discussion
13:40 Scotland’s Most Beautiful High Street Winner 2018
Pete Leonard, Operations Director, Keep Scotland Beautiful
13:50 Any Other Competent Business
14:00 Close of Meeting