Ashe awarded Creative Village Project in Worksop – Dec 2011
Ashe has been appointed as the design & build contractor on an imaginative £1m plan to turn historic old buildings into a Creative Village in Worksop. The old fire station, carriage house, worksh
op, garage, print works and electricity works between the Canal and the River Ryton will be restored and converted into offices and studios for creative industries like graphics design, architects, craft workshops, animation and video production studios, photography and fashion design. New buildings will provide additional studios as well as toilet facilities.
The development of Worksop Creative Village will create 18 new work units and 15 new jobs.
Economic Development Manager, Robert Wilkinson, said “As an absolute minimum we’ll get much improved workspace and remove an eyesore from the town centre. In addition, positive regeneration initiatives like this improve the attractiveness of adjacent sites for private sector developers.”
Portfolio holder for Community Prosperity and Deputy Leader of the Council, Keith Isard, added, “There’s a wealth of creative talent in Bassetlaw and our investigations show that there’s a good deal of interest in the idea of Bassetlaw having it’s own creative village. Studios or craft workshops within 15 miles of Worksop are fully occupied and there is sufficient demand for dedicated creative workspaces at this site rather than office space.”