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Article: The Colomendy outdoor education centre has been owned by the city since 1957' Private operator Kingswood is to run the centre for the next 30 years and plans to invest millions: Should Colomendy be run by a private firm? Larry Neild looks at the battle for control of a Liverpool institution.(News)
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2006
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Byline: Larry Neild
COLOMENDY, the outdoor education centre in Wales, visited by over 300,000 Liverpool children, is to be leased to a private operator.
The city council's ruling Liberal Democrats insist the centre, owned by Liverpool since 1957, is not being sold off, but handed to Kingswood who will operate it for 30 years.
Opposition councillors say that is playing with words because the city council will, effectively, lose control of Colomendy until 2036.
Kingswood plans to invest millions to improve the facilities at Colomendy, money the city council cannot afford.
The price for that though, is that Colomendy will open its ...