The Bognor Regis Regeneration Task set up in 2007 has done a magnificent job and much of what is happening around the town and is in the pipeline would not have happend without the drive and imagination of Richard McMann and his team. The programme will continue under a different strucrure working across the coastal strip and for the next years with one regeneration sub committee for the whole of Arun.
For those that say nothing is or has happend in Bognor Regis just consider what has been achieved since 2007.
Butlins new Ocean Hotel and Spa £20M+. Planing application for third hotel in.
University of Chichester £8M of grant to improve the BR Campus. Work has started on phase one.
The Regis School. £45M invested in new Community College. Primary scholl opened in September 2010 and new |Youth Provison opens May 2011.
Former LEC site Sainsbury,s food store at £50M and 400 jobs.and £885K funding tor the town.
Morrisons have subnitted a planning application for a new £20M store.
Policy site 6 under way for 1350 new homes.
Hotham Park restored at £2.5M.
Sea Front Strategy produced Flex on the Beach.
Water Sports Centre study completed with recommendation to move the project forward to a planning application. £4.5M.
Regis Centre and Hothamton on hold due to the current economic climate but StModwen and Arun still committed.
BR Regeneration Developer and Partner Charter launched in 2009 gives local businesses the chance to bid for contracts generated by the regeneration programme
The total investment is in the order of £540M. A pretty good record