Carnoustie citizens “from all walks of life” will be invited to shape the town’s future, it has emerged.
The ball will start rolling on a number of schemes to “improve and enhance” life in the town centre and the burgh’s developing edges in the new year.
Feedback from the Big Carnoustie Convo in March has been analysed at a community planning event for the town, Monifieth and Sidlaw areas.
One of the outcomes is the formation of a Carnoustie Development Trust, which will take charge of projects to make the town better.
Convener of the council’s communities committee, Donald Morrison, said the community had “embraced” the conversation this year.
He added: “It helped us all to realise that any future aims must be carried forward as shared ambition and that we must all work together to deliver the aspirations arising from the design charrette.
“Achievement will be realised over the short, medium and long term, but already our council services, partners and community organisations have been looking at what actions can be taken together to make progress and improvement.”
The charrette was commissioned by Angus Council, with support from the Scottish Government, and was developed in collaboration with the Carnoustie Development Group (CDG) and Carnoustie Community Council.
It included workshops at Carnoustie Golf Hotel, where residents worked with designers to prepare a vision, development framework and action plan for the town centre.
CDG chairman Peter Burke said: “We have worked closely with both the council and the community council to establish ownership of the various identified projects and create a priority and timeline for each.
“Most importantly, we wish to establish a Community Development Trust, a completely new way of delivering these projects, owned and directed by trustees, drawn from all walks of life within the town and nominated by all their fellow citizens, to further enhance the town once the CDG hands over these future developments.
“We plan to launch this project during and immediately after the reconvening of the big conversation and urge everybody interested in the town’s future particularly younger members of the community to play their part.”