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Unlocking investment for urban regeneration in North East England
Hartlepool Borough Council’s Towns Fund program brings five coordinated projects to the town center: a civil engineering skills academy, a health and social care skills academy, the reimagining of a shopping center, a waterfront connectivity project and the restoration of an iconic local building, the Wesley Chapel. Jacobs supported the project development and business cases for all five and later played a key role in securing Levelling Up Fund support for the Screen Industries Production Village to anchor a creative cluster. It required drawing up pioneering business cases which aligned with compliance and government guidance. The result: a revitalized urban center and a blueprint for other U.K. towns and cities to follow.