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Welcome to Lennoxtown Initiative

This Community led plan aims to regenerate the village, countering the long-term decline of the local economy and in particular the effects of the closure of Lennox Castle Hospital, which provided the main source of employment in the village.

The initiative will:

create an attractive environment for investment;

develop existing businesses and create new enterprises;

use the site’s position by the Campsie Fells to attract visitors;

and develop training programmes to ensure that local people get local jobs by developing new skills.

The Lennoxtown Initiative expects to generate around 250 new jobs, with another 150 projected from the £3.5 million re-development of the hospital site and additional construction opportunities. It will safeguard a further 70 jobs, and 850 local residents are expected to participate in learning and development programmes.