S.U.R.F DUNDEE MARCH 2006 Regeneration The Right Stuff Do We Have It ? Or Would We Recognise It ?

The Rhetoric Support from, and involvement of,communities change imposed on communities rather than developed with their input is rarely successful beyond the short term

The Reality Threatened Closure To Two Local Primary Schools Closure of local library Closure of Local Com Ed Centre

The Rhetoric A Long Timescale -Regeneration Does Not Happen Over Night.

The Reality Renton has been designated An. A.P.T A. S.U.R.I. A. P.P.A. A. S.I.P. And currently C.P.P

The Rhetoric Not To Give People a Better Standard of Housing to Enjoy Their Poverty in

The Reality 1993 Community Based Housing Assoc Created to Date 376 Houses for Rent Over100 for Sale Community Owned Health Centre Community Owned Shops With a Combined asset value of £2 million A Social Economy Organisation Employing Seven Fulltime Staff and Four Part Time

The Right Stuff? Would we Recognise it? I Would Say Yes we have it I would say with great difficulty