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Article: Plan to breathe new life into textile mill.
- Article from:
- Evening Courier (Halifax, England)
- Article date:
- May 14, 2008
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HALIFAX'S last worsted spinning mill could be given a new lease of life as a business centre for those involved in the arts, information technology and creative industries.
Heritage One hopes to alter and improve Clarence Mill, in Pellon Lane, to provide workshops, offices, meeting rooms, a cafe and up to six apartments for people who want to live and work on site.
"The uses will provide a range of jobs which will bring improved diversity and strength to the local economy," according to design consultants, David Storrie Associates.
Clarence Mill closed earlier this year with the loss of 24 jobs.
The firm which occupied the mill, Joseph ...