Cross-Party Group on Towns and Town Centres, Financing and Investing in Our Towns—Deliverables and Constraints th Tuesday 4 March 2025, 17:40-18:30 Minutes Present MSPs Meghan Gallacher MSP Stephen Kerr MSP Invited guests Kimberley Guthrie Scotland’s Towns Partnership Anna Tozer Scottish Futures Trust Gary Templeton Moray Council Colin Souter Robertson Property Non-MSP Group Members Adrian Watson Aberdeen Inspired Business Improvement District Alison Luke-Jones Scotland’s Towns Partnership Angharad Rogers Moray Chamber of Commerce Chloe Milne Fisher & Donaldson Cliff Robertson Project Management Services Daniel MacIntyre Argyll & Bute Council David McDowall East Ayrshire Council Elaine Bone Scotland’s Towns Partnership Emilie Wadsworth Verture Gabija Blazyte TechFest Gemma Slight Fife Council Hannah Clinch Dunoon Community Development Trust Heather Macnaughton Historic Environment Scotland Jamie Mackie Scottish Grocers' Federation Jonny Pickering Glasgow City Council Kathryn Hill Midsteeple Quarter Ken Ford Pacific Shelf 360 Ltd Kevin Harrison Artlink Central Limited Kirsten Logue South of Scotland Enterprise Leigh Sparks Scotland’s Towns Partnership Magdalena Swider West Dunbartonshire Council 1 Margaret Fraser Possilpark Improvement District Nairn Pearson West Lothian Council Nicola Hutchinson Scotland’s Towns Partnership Paul Fretwell Architects Scotland Ltd Ro Pengelly University of Stirling www.deshca.co.uk housing, and ISPA project Rob Kirk Thrive in the City Ross Martin ScotIncGrowth Sharon Rice-Jones Perth and kinross council Suzanne Hamilton Frontline Consultants Suzanne Rhind Aberdeenshire Council Tracy Murray East Ayrshire Council Wendy Findlay TechFest Apologies Sarah Boyack MSP David Melhuish Scottish Property Federation James Trolland Sustainable Drumchapel Katherine Macintosh Robertson Property Agenda item 1 Welcome and Opening Remarks – Kimberley Guthrie (STP) Agenda item 2 th Minute of last meeting held 4 December and Matters Arising - Meghan Gallacher MSP, Convener The convenor requested that any questions or feedback be placed in the chat acknowledging that additional parliamentary business had curtailed the available time for additional discussion at this committee.