National Performance Centre for Sport at Camperdown - Drop In Public Event Wed 24 July Landmark Hotel 4-8pm

Next Wednesday, 24 July, there will be an opportunity for members of the public to attend a drop in event and see at first hand the planning proposals for the National Performance Centre for Sport and Hotel with associated access, parking, landscaping and miscellaneous development. This event is being organised by Keppie Design prior to any formal planning application being submitted to the City Council. The event will run on Wednesday 24 July at the Landmark Hotel, Kingsway West from 4pm to 8 pm.

Last week the Dundee bid for the National Performance Centre for Sport was submitted by Dundee City Council in partnership with the University of Dundee; University of Abertay, Dundee; Dundee College; Dundee United Football Club; Dundee Football Club; NHS Tayside and Leisure & Culture Dundee. Dundee is in competition with consortia in Stirling and Edinburgh for the National Performance Centre for Sport.

Dundee City Council has approved, in principle, £5 million of local authority capital funding to the project. This would help to provide the capital costs of the centre and its facilities in addition to the £25 million grant that has already been pledged by the Scottish Government to the winning bid city. The South East corner of Camperdown Country Park is Dundee’s chosen site to host the National Performance Centre for Sport.

National Football Academy Campaign Comes to The Ferry

At lunchtime today I was out in Brook Street in The Ferry with Jenny Marra MSP. We were collecting signatures in support of the campaign Jenny has led to Bring the National Football Academy to Dundee. 
Over 50 people signed our petition including residents and Grove Academy senior pupils and their teachers out on their lunch break. Most of these busy shoppers had already heard about the proposed National Football Academy and they were all pleased to have an opportunity to show their support and help ensure that this national centre comes to Dundee rather than the usual suspects Edinburgh and Glasgow.
In our conversations on Brook Street, it was clear that most folk we met recognised the advantages that Dundee could offer to such a centre, especially our enduring passion for playing and watching football, Sports Science expertise at the University of Dundee, and good communications with the rest of Scotland. For the city, it would obviously facilitate home growing more of our professional footballers of the future as well as boosting jobs in Dundee. 
If you would like to join the thousands of Dundonians who have already signed the petition you can do this online:
Bring the National Football Academy to Dundee Website or Facebook