{"id":6353,"date":"2013-08-30T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T14:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=6353"},"modified":"2013-08-30T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T14:49:00","slug":"coastal-communities-29-million-to-boost-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=6353","title":{"rendered":"Coastal communities: \u00a329 million to boost growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has confirmed that next year\u2019s Coastal Communities Fund will be worth \u00a329m, an increase of five per cent from last year.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Coastal Communities Fund was launched in 2012 to invest in seaside towns and villages. The projects approved include a number of pier regeneration schemes.<\/p>\n<p>Communities Secretary, Eric Pickles commented: \u2018This government is committed to supporting our seaside towns and we know the Coastal Communities Fund is really making a difference so I\u2019m delighted to announce we are increasing the funding for next year.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In a related development, Pickles welcomed the first step towards the reopening of Hastings Pier after it was saved from disrepair and abandonment by a local community group.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Find out more about the Coastal Communities Fund at<\/span>: <a href=\" https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/policies\/supporting-economic-development-projects-in-coastal-and-seaside-areas--4\/supporting-pages\/the-coastal-communities-fund\" target=\"_blank\">LINK\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">UK Government News<\/span>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/seaside-towns-to-be-given-29-million-to-boost-growth?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline;\">Search Planning Portal<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">: <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.planningportal.gov.uk\/general\/news\/stories\/2013\/august13\/290813\/29082013_5\" target=\"_blank\">LINK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danny Alexander, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has confirmed that next year\u2019s Coastal Communities Fund will be worth \u00a329m, an increase of five per cent from last year.\u00a0 The Coastal Communities Fund was launched in 2012 to invest in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=6353\">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-6353","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\/6353","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=6353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6354,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6353\/revisions\/6354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}