{"id":24856,"date":"2019-12-17T17:11:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T17:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=24856"},"modified":"2019-12-17T17:13:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T17:13:37","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-doorstep-brierley-hill-high-street-restoration-cash-moves-step-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=24856","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Brierley Hill high street restoration cash moves step closer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-24857\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MalvernGazette_171219-300x238.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" \/>The Malvern Gazette<\/em> has reported on how historic features of Brierley Hill high street could be restored if Dudley Council bosses are successful in their quest for funding.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>The Malvern Gazette<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Dudley Council is taking a \u00a32 million grant application from Historic England to the next stage to bag millions of pounds to restore the historic features of the high street.<\/p>\n<p>The project, which is ear marked to take place between 2020 and 2024, could see \u00a32.8m of investment come into the town and would see a number of the town\u2019s historical buildings be repaired.<\/p>\n<p>If the next stage of funding is successful, vacant and under-used historic buildings will be restored and the northern and southern gateways of the high street will be given a makeover to improve the appearance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The creation of a new community green space is also planned for residents and shoppers to sit outside.<\/p>\n<p>lan Lunt, deputy chief executive of Dudley Council, said: \u2018This proposal is great news for Brierley Hill, where so many exciting plans are already taking shape and with the Metro proposals it is a great time for the town.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As part of the Dudley Deal we are pledging to work with groups, residents and businesses for a brighter tomorrow for all our borough and I am sure everyone in the Brierley Hill community will join us in making the next steps a success&#8230;\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The council is also asking locals to get involved with the project by taking on litter picks, social archiving, organising community events and celebrating local culture and community.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.malverngazette.co.uk\/news\/regional\/18051636.brierley-hill-high-street-restoration-cash-moves-step-closer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Malvern Gazette has reported on how historic features of Brierley Hill high street could be restored if Dudley Council bosses are successful in their quest for funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24856","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=24856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24860,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24856\/revisions\/24860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}