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Tourism Barrow Urban Regeneration Development of interventions to support tourism offer Barrow £0-1m
Attraction linked to industrial and maritime heritage and coastal Borough
Development attractiveness of Barrow and Walney. This would be Council
supported by a programme of events and festivals.
Barrow Station Barrow Urban Regeneration Improved public realm and bus facilities at Barrow Station. Cumbria £0-1m
This to improve gateway and interchange role of the County
station. This would enhance perceptions and the Council
connectivity of the station with wider town.
Skills Hub Town Centre Skills and Enterprise Creation of an Institute of Technology and a centre for level Furness £5-10m
3 provision for progression to Higher Education supporting College
an integrated approach to the provision of education
across the town.
Employment Town Wide Urban regeneration, Proposals would see delivery of a new fund to support the Barrow £1-5m
Sites Fund delivery of employment sites, both within the town centre Borough
and allocated employment sites. This should support Council
supply chain growth, emergence of professional services
and with the potential to support development and
refinement around one public estate.
Undergraduate Barrow Skills and Enterprise The initiative will provide a six week summer holiday, paid BAE £0-1m
summer social action programme for undergraduates currently
holiday social based in universities around the country. This initiative will
action have the following objective;
initiative and  Attract undergraduates (talent) who have left the area
Trade Up or from other areas, to the town to get involved in
social action projects designed to improve the local
area.

The outcomes of the project will be;
 Attraction of talent back / to the town