Following meetings with Dumfries and Galloway Council’s park development officer, concept sketches for improvements to the Carrutherstown playpark were compiled to visualise what might be possible through regeneration. The Community Council consulted with local people to establish the kind of activities that are most popular to ensure that what actually gets built reflects what local…
Work on a Community Resilience Plan for Dalton and Carrutherstown is well under way. Members of the Community Council met Dumfries and Galloway Council’s resilience officer to ensure any plan that is adopted is manageable for a community of our size. A resilience plan sets out, in practical terms, how communities can best mitigate the…
The Community Council recently held a casual vacancy election. Following the process three new members were welcomed onto the team, taking the number of members to eight. To become a member of the Community Council you need to be 16 years of age or older, live within the Community Council’s parish area and be on…
At the meeting of 9 June the Community Council formally adopted its Local Grant Scheme Applications policy, by six votes to none. The policy has been shared with the administrators of both windfarm funds that support our area. It sets out who can apply for funding, what the money can and cannot be spent on,…
Our next public meeting will be held on Tuesday 13 October at 7pm. The venue is still to be confirmed, and will be posted here as soon as it is settled. Community Council meetings are open to everyone who lives in Dalton or Carrutherstown. There is a slot near the start of every meeting for…