HARDIES Property & Construction Consultants has announced the completion of work on the new £500,000 community hub for the charity EATS Rosyth.
The Edible And Tasty Spaces (EATS) project aims to grow and share food, reduce waste, help the environment, and improve food education. Local people are encouraged to get involved in making the town a better place.
The project was initiated by Rosyth Community Council and delivered through Rosyth Community Projects to demonstrate how to transform previously unimaginative, unappealing green spaces into productive growing areas.
The new grant and charity funded community hub features a café, surplus food bank, teaching kitchen, private meeting rooms, private rentable office space, community space, and co-working areas for local start-ups or charities.
EATS Rosyth purchased the former Clydesdale Bank building on Queensferry Road in Rosyth. The charity required larger premises due to demand in the local area.
Hardies provided pre and post-contract quantity surveying services and building surveying work while a property valuation was conducted by sister company Shepherd Chartered Surveyors.
Graham Rolfe, Hardies Property & Construction Consultants partner, said, “We were delighted to have been involved as Quantity Surveyor for EATS Rosyth. The former Clydesdale Bank building had lain empty for some years, and it is great to see it brought back to life and into community use. The vision and work undertaken by the charity and its volunteers to support the local Rosyth community is inspiring.”
A spokesman at EATS Rosyth commented, “Our new community hub means that we can continue to grow, eat and share in our own dedicated place. We are grateful to the Scottish Land Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund Scotland for funding and a special thanks to all our partners, volunteers, staff and local residents who support what we do.”
