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Tendring District Council's (TDC) new regeneration company
will trade under the name INTend and David Lines has been elected
as Chairman.
The firm held its first board meeting on Wednesday and
Councillor Lines - who is also Leader of the Council - was chosen
for the new role by his fellow directors.
The directors also agreed to set up a website where all the up
to date information about the company, its projects and activities
will be made available to the public.
The main business of the inaugural meeting was to put in place
all the various mechanisms that a limited company needs to be able
to operate legally.
Mr Lines said it was very much about taking the next steps in
delivering the Council's vision under Project Tendring.
"The company is the delivery arm of the initiative and its
trading name INTend emphasises that we are very serious about
delivering change to benefit all of our communities across
Tendring," he said.
"We will shortly be putting in place the tools we need to do
that and the company is intent upon making delivery its key
focus."
TDC established the company to lead on its behalf and deliver
the major projects.
In order to achieve that the Directors agreed that INTend needs
to recruit specialised staff with particular expertise in project
delivery and these jobs will be advertised shortly.
They also agreed to recruit an external funding officer who
would not only help secure funds for these major projects, but
would also work closely with local groups and organisations to help
them put together bids for funding from a range of sources - such
as the Big Lottery Fund.
Mr Lines stressed that although much has been made about the
company Board having its meetings in private this is usual practice
for a limited company and there are many public bodies that
Councillors sit on which are not open to the public.
"That does not mean that people will be excluded from what the
company is seeking to achieve," he added.
"Far from it - we will need active participation with - and an
understanding of -individual communities' needs and aspirations to
make sure the big projects we deliver make a real difference.
"How we intend to do this will be clearer over the next few
months as the company gets into full stride."
Visit
the Project Tendring page for more
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