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News was announced today on BBC Cornwall that Orascom Development, a Swiss town developer with global projects across the Middle East has joined the Eco-town project.

For those of you unfamiliar with the Eco-town project it’s a very exciting and ambitious opportunity to regenerate the Mid Cornwall Clay area.

For  the past 12 months the Eden Project has been working in partnership with Imerys Minerals Ltd to jointly prepare the Clay Country Eco-town submission to the Department of Communities and Local Government who announced in July 2009 that the project had been awarded Eco-town status.

The mid-Cornwall area has been chosen along with four others in the UK for the government to build environmentally-friendly towns. Schools, other facilities and about 5,000 new homes could be built. Imerys, which is working alongside the Eden Project on the scheme, is planning to build the eco-town on six sites including Nanpean, Bugle and Par. These areas have suffered a decline in traditional industries.

Talking about Eden’s involvement in the project CEO Tim Smit said, “We want to help create a community for the future, one which provides affordable homes, new schools and places of work. We are giving the plan our full backing to help Imerys deliver the best result for the people of Mid Cornwall. Eden is proud to be a partner because the chance to shape our future is a rare privilege and we hope all of us who live here will see it for what it is – a chance to make a positive difference.”

“The Eden Project has been involved from the beginning in the hope that this opportunity might arise and would like to pay tribute to all the partners who have worked together seamlessly. The real test is whether we can turn aspirations into a legacy for the people of the Clay Country and Cornwall. Cornwall was in at the start of the industrial revolution. Wouldn’t it be great if we could be at the start of the post-industrial revolution and show what Cornwall is made of.”

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