Lochgelly has taken its first steps towards a future of low carbon dwelling with official launch of the Charrette.
Pupils from all five schools in Lochgelly took part in a two day sustainability workshop in the lead up to the Charrette.
A development of 62 new homes in the Lomond Homes New Farm Vale development on the outskirts of Lochgelly have been designed and built with additional security enhancements.
The Lochgelly Band has announced a sextet of new signings as they strengthen ahead of the forthcoming Scottish Championships in Glenrothes on Sunday 14th March.
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3/2/2010Top international designer coming to Lochgelly
International designer Andres Duany will be at the Lochgelly Charette in March
Internationally acclaimed designer Andres Duany and his team, will be heading to Lochgelly for the Lochgelly Charette from Monday 8th to Saturday 13th March to work with the local community, developers, landowners and planners as part of the Scotland Charrette, the Scottish Government's Sustainable Communities Initiative.
A charrette is a form of intensive and focused community engagement. Its aim of the process is to capture the vision, values and ideas of the community. Each day the design team works to rapidly progress design options for the Lochgelly area that can then be tested through workshops the next day.
The Miners Institute has been identified as the venue for the design studio with the public meetings taking place in the Lochgelly Town Hall.
For more information on the Lochgelly Charrette, contact David Thompson on 08451 55 55 55.
The arrival of Andres Duany has also been the subject of a leader column in the Daily Record - read it here.