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GAELIC FOREST
COMPANY HOMES
INTEGRATE CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Part o the initiative to establish a
network o trails/paths is to increase theconnectivity within the
town between
key areas o interest.
The Visitor Centre, while very well marked
on approach rom Mabou, operates as a
pit stop beore driving onwards - it need
to have a direct link to immediate areaso interest such as the
Miners Museum.
Where the Miners Museum currently sits
is a potential ly high traf c area, although
at present it is quite the opposite. Signageand the current
boardwalk project will
help enhance that.
The proposed Leadership Centre
(ormerly the Ho) is the ormer Mines
Pay Of ce, and wil l be a welcome central
hub.
The Arts Centre is stranded rom the
community and needs a more deliberateconnection to the Academy
and
surrounding residential area to increase
traf c
The Company homes districts were builtin two distinct phases,
the Red Rowsalong Central Ave and Mine Road, andthe second phase
encircled by Mann Aveand Lower Railway St. While the solutionto
preserving these remains unresolveda majority of residents feel
that theyare a integral part of the history andcharacter of the
town, and worth findinga solution to their preservation. As partof
the pathways/connections initiative,the company homes district
would andshould be an integral part of that strategy.
The Shean Housing Co-operative iscurrently undergoing a ReBlock
programto map out energy retrofits for existinghouses.
In Glace Bay, Cape Breton University set uplocal partnerships
for the 50 Mechanic St.Restoration Project, setting a precedentfor
solutions to the dilapidated state ofthese heritage properties.
CELEBRATE & PROMOTE HISTORY AND CULTURE
Company
Homes District
Coal Mine
Interpretive
Path
ARTS CENTREMINERS MUSEUM
The IDA currently has plans fordeveloping a Gaelic Forest -
inspired bythe book A Forest for Calum, by localauthor Frank
McDonald. The Forest iswould both celebrate the communitysGaelic
heritage, serve as an educational
vehicle for Gaelic language andnatural ecosytems, fit within the
largercommunity trails/connection strategy,and work towards
connecting the ArtsCentre within the fold of the town proper.
The project has interested supportersin the Department of
Tourism, Dep. ofEducation, and Cape Breton University.
Plans have been developed based onmunicipal property near the
Arts Centre,and in the adjacent map weve allocated3 possible
locations that in variousways would benefit the communityby
connecting schools, local residentsand nearby destinations and
activetransportation routes.
This project in Salen, Scotland wasintended to help children
learn the Gaelicalphabet, each letter is associated witha tree or
plant: A is ailm (elm), B is beith(birch), C is coll (hazel), D is
dair (oak), Eis eadha (aspen), F is Fearn (alder), G isGort (ivy),
H is uath (hawthorn), I and Uis iogh (yew), L is luis (rowan), M is
muin(vine), N is nuin (ash), O is oir (gorse), R isruis (elder), S
is suil (willow) and T is teine(furze)
Big River
Estuary
Trail
Pathway
to Beach
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50 MECHANIC ST.
MINERS
MUSEUM
VISITORS
CENTRE
INVERNESS
COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIPCENTRE
ARTS
CENTRE
INVERNESS
ACADEMY
INVERNESS
ACADEMY
ARTS
CENTRE
ALPHABET TRAIL, SALEN, SCOTLAND.
INVERNESS COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP CENTRE
