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Mablethorpe and Skegness are looking forward to an exciting future after receiving the news they are to be offered millions of pounds from the Government’s Towns Fund scheme. Last year the towns joined forces to bid for £50 million, forming the ‘Connected Coast’ board...

Often included in mission statements, publicity and manifestos, the green agenda can sometimes seem like hot air with little action to make sustainability work. Real efforts are being made on the coast to make green recovery and real change happen. Sarah Baker,...

Those who have read the Town Investment Plan (TIP) for the Connected Coast will know that education is one of the key tenets of the intention Skegness and Mablethorpe has for the Towns Fund. Adrian Clarke, Group Vice Principal at the TEC Partnership, explains what a...

Plans for the redevelopment of Sutton on Sea's Colonnade have been submitted for planning permission. The latest plans build upon the draft designs, which have been adapted following the feedback received at the community event where they were first unveiled in early...

When considering the Town Investment Plans that the Connected Coast handed to theGovernment late last year, one of the key aspects that we wanted to highlight andemphasise was the fact that the Towns Fund and its associated project will act as catalystsfor the future....

Improvements to Skegness Esplanade put forward by the Connected Coast Board have been started with accelerated funding from the Government. As part of the Towns Deal, 100 towns across the UK were identified and asked to bid for up to £25 million each. Mablethorpe and...

It’s been almost a year of uncertainty for tourism. With COVID having taken any wind out of our collective sails on the coast, there’s a real need for us to prepare and ensure that the coastal resorts and offering we have here on the Connected Coast are ready for...

An artist's impression of what the rebuilt Colonnade could look like. As part of the Towns Fund, one of the most talked about projects has to be the transformation being made to the Colonnade at Sutton-On-Sea. A crumbling, concrete structure first built in the 1950s,...

When we first started our journey towards a vision for Skegness and Mablethorpe, few could have anticipated what has occurred over the past year. With great hope, we embarked on what was going to be a substantial process of public consultations, direct engagement and...

Following months of engagement, project planning and analysis, plans setting out millions of pounds’ worth of investment have been submitted to the Government by the Connected Coast Board on behalf of Mablethorpe and Skegness. As part of the Towns Deal, 100 towns...