John Fallon, chair of Blackpool Pride of Place, talks about the launch of the fourth version of the Blackpool Town Prospectus which is seeking further funding towards regeneration.
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00:00 My name is John Fallon, I'm the chair of Blackpool Pride of Place, which is a community that
00:09 brings together the council, the government, local and national businesses, the local community,
00:15 everyone who cares about the future of this fantastic town.
00:20 We launched the first prospectus seven years ago, since then we've started to see some
00:24 big changes, £2 billion of public and private investment committed to rejuvenating and redeveloping
00:32 Blackpool and this is about the next stage of that.
00:35 So it's about housing, it's about education, it's about economic regeneration, it's about
00:41 new transport links.
00:42 Everything that knitted together can help to make this very special town even better
00:48 and have a fantastic future ahead of it.
00:50 And what's most important is that it's been done by and for the local community and I
00:55 think that's what makes this so exciting and so powerful an opportunity as well.