Ardrossan Connections Update Hello, The Ardrossan Connections team are still looking forward to sharing the updated concept designs for the wider project with you in due course. Quick wins update In the meantime, installation of the quick wins is still underway. As mentioned in our previous blog, seeing an improvement to the look and feel of the centre of town was a comment that we received many times over the course of our engagement. For this reason, we decided to help improve the look and feel of the town centre by installing some quick win measures ahead of the construction of the larger project. A community noticeboard, repainting benches, and installing planters were amongst the most popular choices when we held a vote with you last year. We hope you’ve been enjoying the refreshed look of the benches around Princes Street and Glasgow Street now they’ve been repainted. You might have noticed that the noticeboard has also been installed on the corner of Princes Street and Glasgow Street. The planters were also delivered this week, as you may have seen on Glasgow Street and Princes Street. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1683212815/projects/ardrossanconnectionsproposals/eb7d8d7d-5d13-4f91-870d-7eec75f8a9a1.jpg" /> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1683212879/projects/ardrossanconnectionsproposals/5849efc3-3563-4401-bf78-114afd819bb3.jpg" /> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1683212947/projects/ardrossanconnectionsproposals/34ef8298-f57c-4add-a75b-3e017d2a45a4.jpg" /> We hope you like the results of these quick wins and will keep you updated on other installations. Community groups A quick note to say that if you are part of a community group in Ardrossan who have any events or activities that you would like to us to promote in our next blog, then please get in touch with us by replying to this email. For more information on the Ardrossan Connections project or the quick win measures, please send us an email at <a href="http://ArdrossanConnections@sustrans.org.uk">ArdrossanConnections@sustrans.org.uk</a>.

Update on Temporary Quick Wins

Ardrossan Connections Update The Ardrossan Connections team is still working hard on the improvements to the project’s concept design, and we are looking forward to showing you these refinements this year. We will be in touch as soon as we are able to show you the updated concept design. Quick wins update In the meantime, we have been able to progress our quick wins. Many of the comments we received from the community explained that they would like to see an improvement to the look and feel of the centre of town. Ahead of the larger project, we found an opportunity to deliver some quick win measures that we hope will improve the look and feel quickly. Last year, we asked you to vote on your favourite quick wins that we could install. The most popular choices in the vote were a community noticeboard, repainting benches, and installing planters. Throughout February and March, we will be restoring and repainting benches, installing planters, and a community noticeboard in the centre of Ardrossan. This began last week, when we repainted benches on the junction of Princes Street and Glasgow Street and on Glasgow Street at the start of Montgomery Street. Below you can find some of the before and after pictures. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1677067610/projects/ardrossanconnectionsproposals/da5a3762-7b3f-4aeb-abb8-18aa378b3d1a.png" /> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1677067782/projects/ardrossanconnectionsproposals/762e24f7-c89b-42a8-80cf-f919b528b398.png" /> <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1677067901/projects/ardrossanconnectionsproposals/c05ada5d-5d84-4c3a-9daf-e9c7cf511c07.png" /> Over the coming weeks, we will also be restoring and refreshing the benches on Glasgow Street, opposite Barr Street, and placing planters beside the benches. The noticeboard will also be installed on the corner of Princes Street and Glasgow Street. We hope you like the results of these quick wins and will keep you updated on the other installations. Community Groups A quick note to say that if you are part of a community group in Ardrossan who have any events or activities that you would like to us to promote in our next blog, then please get in touch with us by replying to this email. For more information on the Ardrossan Connections project or the quick win measures, please contact us at <a href="http://ArdrossanConnections@sustrans.org.uk.">ArdrossanConnections@sustrans.org.uk</a>.

Update on Ardrossan Connections Temporary Quick Wins

Ardrossan Connections Update Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! The Ardrossan Connections team would like to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. At the beginning of 2022, many of you attended our in-person events, walk and wheels, and drop by stalls. Throughout this year you also provided us with really valuable comments and feedback on the initial draft designs that is helping us refine and adapt the designs. Thank you for all your help and for taking part. Since this time, we have been working on refining the concept design and making sure we get it right. As we have mentioned before, this has taken a little longer than planned but we are really looking forward to 2023 when we will be holding events with you to show them the updated designs. Art Roots Funding Sustrans Scotland is looking for community groups who would like to apply for Art Roots funding before the fund closes in March 2023. Art Roots provides up to £5000 of funding for artistic and aesthetic improvements along the National Cycle Network. It is for community led art projects and previous projects have included sculptures, heritage signs, murals, and many more. Please follow this link for further information on the fund, requirements, and criteria: <a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/projects/2019/scotland/artroots-funding-for-the-national-cycle-network-in-scotland">https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/projects/2019/scotland/artroots-funding-for-the-national-cycle-network-in-scotland</a> If you are part of a community group who might be interested in applying to the fund, then feel free to reply to this email and we can provide you with further information. Below is an example of a mural that was funded through Art Roots. Local artists created a series of nature-focussed murals in an underpass between Perth and Almondbank. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/commonplace-digital-limited/image/upload/v1671701389/projects/ardrossanconnectionsproposals/996c5132-fb69-467f-a4c6-8824238eee58.png" /> Community groups A quick note to say that if you are part of a community group in Ardrossan who has any events or activities that you would like to us to promote in our next blog, then please get in touch with us by contacting us on the email shown below. For more information on the Ardrossan Connections project or Art Roots funding, please contact us on Ardrossanconnections@sustrans.org.uk.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the Ardrossan Connections team!

View and feedback on the designs that have been developed collaboratively with the Ardrossan community. This is your opportunity to have a say on what's happening in your town.