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Conservative and Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson last week visited Caledon Regeneration Partnership.
- MEP Jim Nicholson and Sir Reg Empey meet with Mayor and local MLA
Conservative and Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson and Ulster Unionist Party Leader Sir Reg Empey MLA last week made a fact finding visit to Newtownabbey .
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Jim Nicholson MEP and UUP representative
MEP Jim Nicholson and Sir Reg Empey meet with Mayor and local MLA
Conservative and Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson and Ulster Unionist Party Leader Sir Reg Empey MLA last week made a fact finding visit to Newtownabbey .
Accompanied by local MLA's Ken Robinson, Roy Beggs and Danny Kinahan they visited Mossley Mill. The Mill, formerly owned by Henry Campbell provided employment for many generations of local people. Newtownabbey Borough Council purchased the Mill when manufacturing finally ceased and proceeded to change the building into its new Headquarters and Civic Centre. The end result not only preserved the buildings but transformed the site into a modern, vibrant centre for the Borough.
Representatives of the community sector Kathy Wolff, Stephanie McVicker, George Gillespie and John Webster met with Mr Nicholson and Sir Reg Empey to illustrate the wide range of community involvement being undertaken across Newtownabbey. As part of the visit Mayor John Scott and East Antrim MLA Ken Robinson explained how the regeneration of Mossley Mill had also enabled better road and rail connections in the area to develop.
Environmental improvements such as the Newtownabbey Way which will pass through the grounds of the Mill and the transformation of the Mill Dam into a Game Fishery due to open in the New Year were also highlighted to the visitors.
Hard hats were required for entry to the new theatre, sited in the quadrangle of the former Mill and which is also due to open shortly.
Mr Nicholson and Sir Reg Empey were suitably impressed by the forethought of the Council over many years that had enabled so many facets of civic and community life to come together in such a well co-ordinated and impressive manner.
