Vital Spark Racing cic has an aim to offer disadvantaged young adults within Clackmannanshire a teaching course enabling them to reach their personal potential and lead them on towards prospective futures.

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We also have the intention to involve and encourage community participation, offering volunteer roles and waterborne activities around Alloa Harbour. We envisage a total transformation of the site into a welcoming area for locals and visitors alike, a place that people will come to watch what’s happening on the water and relax in the fresh air with a coffee.

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Presently the harbour site is rarely visited with little to no activity on the water offering no incentive to attract people. However it has the potential to become the focal point of Alloa encouraging visitors by road or water and making Alloa Harbour the Crowning Jewel of Clackmannanshire. Currently there is no motivation for boat owners from down river (such as Port Edgar Marina) to travel up river as there are no facilities beyond Bo’ness and Charlestown. The Alloa Harbour regeneration will provide the attraction of venturing and discovering the beauty and sights of the upper river. Within easy walking distance of Alloa town centre, with its friendly shops and historic buildings, visitors travelling by boat will enjoy discovering the treasures Alloa has to offer.

 

A summary of our proposals is:

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• To erect 2 sympathetic units adjacent to the Glassworks fence line.

• One unit would be a café / snack bar and a homage to Alloa historic maritime past, it would act as a museum showing photos, layouts and items for visitors to see and get a feeling of the Harbours historic background while getting a coffee.

• The second unit will provide an extra seating area for the café, a hub location for local community groups and a gallery for local artists and hobbists to display their works.

• The two units would be staffed by volunteers and clients working with Vital Spark Racing cic learning the running of a retail premises.

• Linking the two units will be male and female toilet facilities and changing rooms for waterborne participants.

• To completely re-landscape the site with outdoor seating in front of the café building giving visitors a place to rest and watch interesting activities happening on the river.

• To install floating pontoons allowing craft to be moored up and encouraging boat owners from further down the river to visit and enjoy the scenic, historic venue together with nearby Alloa facilities and significant landmarks.

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Vital Spark Racing cic would be tasked with raising all necessary funds for this venture and close liaison with the council would guarantee the success of the project delivering a spectacle of which Clackmannanshire will be proud.

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Not only would the Alloa Harbour Regeneration attract new external and local visitors to the site to enjoy the facilities and activities on the water, it would form a hub for Vital Spark Racing cic to involve local community activities and volunteering opportunities expanding its core aim of helping to improve the lives of people within Clackmannanshire.