Dingwall Initiative
The Initiative, formed in April 2003, meets on the first Wednesday of each month. Its Objects, as defined in the Constitution, for which the Iniative has been established are:
"To develop and promote Dingwall and district (the area of benefit) as a safe, healthy and desirable place to live and work and to promote appropriate economic development, access to training, education and personal development, recreational, leisure, tourism and other community and business activities for all resident and those working in the area of benefit.
In furtherance of this:
- To provide a framework within which the people of Dingwall and district may work together for their collective benefit;
- To empower the community to set its own priorities and plans for economic, social, cultural and environmental development;
- Identify and represent the opportunities, challenges and needs of the people of Dingwall and district to local, national and international bodies;
- Establish and maintain links with other communities and organisations within and outwith the area of benefit to encourage mutually beneficial social, educational, cultural and economic partnerships;
- Work with other organisations and agencies operating in the area of benefit to support the improvement of the economic, social, cultural and environmental well-being of the in the area of benefit;
- To do all things as will properly attain the above objects."
Notes of Meetings
Notes of previous meetings are held in a document library on the Small Towns Network Web Site. They can be found by clicking on this link>>. This will give you a list of folders within the 'docs' folder. Select 'Highlands of Scotland' and then select 'Dingwall Initiative'. You will then be presented with a list of documents (notes of previous meetings) which are in date sequence and have the date of the meeting in the format yyyy_mm_dd as the document name. Download any document as required.
Audit of Signs
During 2004, the Initiative commissioned Bill Robins to carry out an audit of all the road and pedestrian signage in and around Dingwall. A very detailed report was produced as a result of this work, together with albums of the present signage and diagrams of proposed changes.
These separate volumes have been combined to a single 50-page report which has been recorded as a Microsoft WORD document. It is inevitably a large document in storage terms due to the number of photographs and drawings that it contains.
Copies of the report can be downloaded, but if you use a dial-up connection, be aware that the download may take in excess of 10 minutes. Click on this link to download the report.
