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£200m investment plan for Dumfries and Galloway

Source: http://www.thenational.scot/

Dumfries and Galloway is to be “truly transformed” with a major £200 million investment which will boost the economy and create more jobs.Ambitious plans for the Crichton estate include a campus for the University of the West of Scotland, a research and innovation centre, a museum, 250 student flats, a home for Scotland’s National Centre for Resilience, a youth sports facility, as well as two new grandstands and a business park at Queen of the South’s Palmerston Park.The Crichton Trust teamed up with developers Jansons Property, which works in partnership with the William Pears Group, to unveil their new project.Rob Shaw, Crichton Trust chief executive said it was “the most compelling and tangible investment opportunity” that the region has had “in living memory”.