Cross-Party Group on Towns and Town Centres Wednesday 8th December, 12:45-13:45 Minutes Present MSPs Neil Bibby MSP Siobhian Brown MSP Willie Coffey MSP Fiona Hyslop MSP Gillian Martin MSP Paul McLennan MSP Invited guests Phil Prentice, Chief Officer, Scotland’s Towns Partnership Karen Dick, Head of Place, Partnerships and Communities, Creative Scotland Robert Livingston, Director, Regional Screen Scotland David Paton, Associate Director, Crawford Architecture and Founder, Designer and Chair of Montrose Playhouse Project Non-MSP Group Members Kresanna Aigner, Findhorn Bay Arts Peter Allan, Go Golspie Development Trust Ed Archer Lauren Arthur, Heritage Lottery Fund Scotland Joanne Boyle, Scottish Government Diane Brown, Alloa BID Dawn Cadwell, East Ayrshire Council Sarah Cameron, SENScot Chris Churms, Dumfries and Galloway Council Neil Crooks, Fife Council Jamie Cumming, North Property Advisers Ewan Eccleston, Glasgow City Council Claire English, WASP Studios Hayley Flanagan, North Berwick Business Association Alex Fleming, 4 The Benefit of All Doug Flett, Scottish City & Community Networks John Forbes, Communities Housing Trust 1 David Francis, Traditional Arts and Culture Scotland Malcolm Fraser, Fraser Livingstone Architects Ltd Rona Gibb, Paths for All Pamela Grant, Scottish Futures Trust Diane Gray, Heritage Lottery Fund Scotland Eva Groeneveld Kimberley Guthrie, Scotland's Towns Partnership Claire Hallybone, Argyll and Bute Council Bill Harvey, Scotland's Improvement Districts David Henderson, Development Trust Association Scotland Stephen Horsburgh, East Dunbartonshire Council Madelene Hunt, Bo'ness Community Council Brian Johnson, Crawick Multiverse Hazel Johnson, Built Environment Forum Scotland Gary Kerr, Paisley Trust Fiona Knight, Barmulloch Community Development Company Rebecca Livesey-Wright, RIG Arts David Lonsdale, Scottish Retail Consortium David MacDougall Rebecca Madgin, University of Glasgow David Main, Bathgate Community Council John Mauchline, Creative Crieff Gillian Maxwell, Greenock West & Cardwell Bay Community Council Katey McKay, Angus Council Fiona McLaren, Angus Council Duncan McLean, Kirkwall BID Fiona McLean, Stirling Council Barbara McNaughton, East Ayrshire Council Diane Milne, Dundee City Council Cherie Morgan, Play Scotland Gregory Newman, Royal Burgh of St Andrews Community Council Ruth Noble, Outside the Box Martin Patrick, Midlothian Council Carolyn Powell, Huntly Development Trust Colin Proctor, Scottish Futures Trust Derek Rankine, SURF Pete Reid, Falkirk Council Grant Riley, North Lanarkshire Council Angus Roberts Sanne Roberts, Scottish Borders Council Colin Ross, Colin Ross:Workshop Maria Rybaczewska, University of Stirling Emma Scott, SURF Pat Scrutton, Outside the Box Stefano Smith, Stefano Smith Planning Tom Sneddon, Development Trust Association Scotland Leigh Sparks, University of Stirling Donald Stavert, Bathgate Community Council Nicola Stead Rowan Stewart, Aberdeen City Council 2 Chris Story, Messages Matters Sheila Stuart, Aberdeenshire Council Richard Todd, East Dunbartonshire Council Julie Twaddell, Friends of Broadway Prestwick Karen Walker, East Ayrshire Council David Watt, Arts & Business Scotland Kathryn Welch Andrew Wilmot, Oberlanders Architects LLP Apologies Eamonn Campbell, Glasgow City Council Meghan Gallagher MSP Marie McNair MSP Bill Pagan, Cupar Development Trust Agenda item 1 Welcome, opening remarks and matters arising – Siobhian Brown MSP, Convener Convener Siobhian Brown MSP welcomed all to the meeting and noted MSP attendance and apologies.