VISION
Truro Town Deal Vision
Our Strategic Aims
We will achieve our vision through three strategic aims:
Connected Living
Green Transport; Truro Harbour and Lemon Quay
Connected Workspace
The Hive at Pydar; New Life for City Buildings
Connected Experience
Boscawen Sport and Recreation Hub; Truro Community Hub
We Will:
Connect water, open spaces and opes enabling people to meet, enjoy arts and cultural events, access indoor and outdoor leisure opportunities and be more in tune and connected with their environment.
Connect city and its cultural assets through celebrating, enhancing and developing our anchor institutions connecting a revitalised Lemon Quay with the Pydar development allowing people to explore every part of the city.
Connect redundant, empty or derelict buildings with business entrepreneurs and their innovative ideas to invest in Truro by repurposing buildings for a modern- day use.
Connect Truro residents with the opportunities and support they need following COVID-19 enabling them to meet, collaborate and play a key role in shaping Truro’s future.
Connect Truro businesses with a 24- hour audience increasing footfall within the city centre by creating more affordable housing within the city centre.
Connect Truro residents with alternative and green ways to travel to and within the city for work and leisure by providing new walking and cycle routes and a bridge.
OUR AIMS
- Invest in job-creating business projects
- Improve sustainable transport
- Increase residential units in city centre by repurposing existing buildings
- Create a strong destination focused on excellent independent businesses and historic nature of city centre
- Extend digital and visual arts, performance and culture in city centre
- Enhance IT infrastructure
- Create more meeting and entertainment venues
- Increase diversity of educational facilities linked to high value jobs
- Enable more people focused activities at water’s edge and better river access
- Greening of city centre