{"id":4270,"date":"2020-06-05T08:05:51","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T08:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/?p=4270"},"modified":"2024-04-11T12:31:15","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T12:31:15","slug":"agenda-lets-hear-our-towns-singing-once-again-marie-macklin-in-the-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/agenda-lets-hear-our-towns-singing-once-again-marie-macklin-in-the-herald\/","title":{"rendered":"Agenda: Let\u2019s hear our towns singing once again – Marie Macklin in The Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Marie Macklin CBE, founder and executive chair of The HALO Urban Regeneration Company<\/a>, exclusively writes the latest Agenda piece for The Herald discussing the impact of Covid-19 and how Scotland’s towns and communities can lead the way in recovery and beyond. Read an extract below.<\/p>\n

Coronavirus has taken a terrible toll \u2013 in lives lost; families bereaved; businesses bankrupt; and jobs gone, perhaps forever. And we\u2019re only just entering the first phase of lockdown exit. No-one knows the extent of the damage that this vicious virus will have caused by the time we fully emerge from its clutches. Yet, amidst the carnage there have been glimpses of light. Random acts of kindness. The staggeringly selfless actions of our heroes in the NHS and care services. Innovation and creativity channelled to overcome problems that, six months ago, we didn\u2019t even know we had. And there\u2019s one word that summarises our response to our current crisis: \u201ccommunity\u201d.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not one of the intellectual elite that populate the corridors of power in either Westminster or Holyrood. Nor am I one of the seemingly endless crop of professors on our daily news bulletins. But I am convinced of this: our future health, wellbeing and prosperity lies in our communities.<\/p>\n

For 30 years I have been an advocate of community-led regeneration focusing on brownfield sites in our towns. The mill towns; steel towns; coal towns that sprouted up as part of the industrial revolution and were successful because of the innovation, entrepreneurship\u00a0and hard work of the people who lived there.<\/p>\n

Read the full piece in The Herald here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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