THE strategy details draft initiatives including:
Bringing together all local councils to work together on a house clearance programme
Integrating public transport more and looking at ways to get more freight on to the rail network
Improving major routes into East Lancashire with tree planting and art work
Developing corridors of green space to separate towns
Setting up of a Knowledge Research Institute to improve access to higher education resources
Launching an e-commerce working group to encourage companies to profit from new technology
Setting up an entrepreneurship programme to foster budding tycoons
Encouraging more rural businesses and initiatives to enable people to work from home
Boosting tourism with the development of key 'honeypot' areas
Improving access to higher education and establishing why graduates tend to leave East Lancashire.
Director and teacher share the same goal
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