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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
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