Introduction

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Credits

Key Theme 1

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Delivery

Foreword

Preface

Extract from 'Our Towns & Cities: The Future - Delivering an Urban Renaissance

The Scarborough Renaissance Charter

Part 1
A Community Commitment to Change

Part 2
A Community Commitment to Change

The Scarborough Renaissance Charter
A Community Commitment to Change

The Background
The aim of this Charter is to encourage support and develop a consensus for the renaissance of Scarborough, as proposed by the Scarborough Town Team and the many townspeople who participated in the community planning process that took place in Scarborough between January and April 2002.

A key element of the Charter is that the town of Scarborough should change its present image, adopt a new direction and create a new and improved role for itself.

Visitors and residents agree that the strength of Scarborough lies in both its natural and built environment, yet too many facilities, attractions, buildings and streets could be of a much better standard so as to attract new investors to the town. A good looking town generates jobs, investment and draws in visitors. There is widespread consensus that the town should let go of the past and move on from its image as a 'traditional seaside resort' to a 'high quality town by the sea'.

Radical approaches are needed to resolve the economic and social issues facing the town, as normal market mechanisms have been leading Scarborough into a slow decline.

Above all, endorsement of Scarborough's Renaissance Charter implies new ways of thinking, a change in attitudes and a new commitment to a different type of town.

What is a Charter?
The Charter is a document which sets out agreed common aims and commitments. For the Charter to be successful it needs to be 'owned' and 'signed up to' by all sections of the community. In signing the Charter, the community agrees to work together towards a common objective and the new vision for the future. The Charter sets out the rights and privileges which the community claim in looking for a rebirth or renaissance of the town.

Expressing the intentions of the community in the form
of a Charter helps everyone measure future proposals
against its principles. It provides a clear long-term direction
for the town and a foundation stone for delivery of an urban renaissance.