{"id":1257,"date":"2010-04-20T15:11:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T15:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2010-04-21T15:11:57","modified_gmt":"2010-04-21T15:11:57","slug":"blackpool-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1257","title":{"rendered":"Blackpool boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Two of Blackpool&#8217;s most iconic visitor attractions, Blackpool Tower and the Winter Gardens complex, are to get a major facelift and redevelopment as part of a groundbreaking \u00a338.9m project, the Government has announced.<\/div>\n<p>The multi-million deal will secure the long-term future of the area by rejuvenating tourism and ensuring that Blackpool maintains its status as the UK&#8217;s leading resort.<\/p>\n<p>The funding will enable Blackpool council to purchase the Tower and the Winter Gardens from the current operator Leisure Parcs.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Communities and Local Government has launched a new strategy to help all seaside towns flourish by restoring iconic piers, creating new jobs, and improving local housing<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/england\/professionals\/news\/archive\/2010\/\"><strong>Link to Planning Portal news<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two of Blackpool&#8217;s most iconic visitor attractions, Blackpool Tower and the Winter Gardens complex, are to get a major facelift and redevelopment as part of a groundbreaking \u00a338.9m project, the Government has announced. The multi-million deal will secure the long-term &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=1257\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1258,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions\/1258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}