The Levelling Up funding for this project aims to improve the area:
01 Support
Support better community health and wellbeing
02 Improve Connectivity
03 Provide
Provide a catalyst for further regeneration of the wider area.
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The Columbine Building – this project will comprise a number of interventions to this iconic 1930s building:
This semi-derelict 19th century former garrison building, adjacent to the Columbine Building, will be renovated and repurposed to provide a new facility for the UKSA.
The UKSA, based in Cowes, provide education, mentoring and training, skills and pathways to employment to young people who might otherwise not have had the opportunity to access the water. The UKSA propose to expand and occupy the Victoria Barracks as a dedicated facility for its Schools and Youth Groups business. This project will comprise:
A transformational public realm scheme
An existing dead space, this project will integrate the reactivated Victoria Barracks with the Columbine Building and the historic, but under-utilised, Esplanade to the north, acting as a focal point for activity and a catalyst for future proposed enhancements delivering hard and soft landscaping, a viewing platform, covered exhibition space and storage lockers for paddleboarders/kayakers.
Support better community health and wellbeing
Provide a catalyst for further regeneration of the wider area.