Article: AGENDA: Back the Black Country and make your vote count; An ambitious scheme to change the face of the Black Country is among the finalists competing for a pounds 50 million TV prize. Sarah Middleton, chief executive of the Black Country Consortium, explains why businesses should back the Black Country Urban Park bid.(News)

Byline: Sarah Middleton

Over the next two weeks the British public will be voting to decide the biggest ever TV payout, from The People's pounds 50 Million Contest, and hopes are high that the money will come to the Black Country.

The project - A Million People: The Black Country as an Urban Park - aims to deliver a radical agenda for change and make this disadvantaged area a dynamic and desirable place in which to live, work, invest and visit.

The Urban Park (UP) includes four key elements including the unveiling of forgotten caverns beneath ...

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