Geographic Programme
Yorkshire Forward have indicated the following in response to the North Yorkshire Geographic Programme:-
Yorkshire Forward will continue to support major investment in selected North Yorkshire market towns of Catterick/Richmond, Skipton, Northallerton/Bedale, Malton, Whitby and Knaresborough. A delegated fund will be available to support smaller activity in Settle, Boroughbridge, Pteley Bridge, Pickering, Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside. Yorkshire Forward will invest in the sub-regions renaissance market towns e.g. circa - £8m.
Additional investment will be made in market towns, to encourage workspace developments, e.g. Rural Enterprise Capitals Programme circa - £3m. Yorkshire Forward have indicated that they will not consider proposals for the creation of business space through the RMT programme but that these should go through the Rural Enterprise Capitals Programme. This Programme is based on the pooling of sites across the region and then to seek a private sector partner to undertake the development of them all, with Yorkshire Forward financial support.
In addition investment of e.g. - £2.2m will be made from regional funds into environmental projects in the sub-region, including a pilot project for Low Carbon Rural Capitals
to be established in addition to investment in local environmental projects.