Winter in the existing arena

Winner of the design competition – ZM Architecture

The Strathbungo Society today received a letter of thanks from Queens Park Arena Ltd confirming receipt of £24429.15 from the ENTRUST funds of the Strathbungo Society.

This money was made available to the society a number of years ago for an attempt at resurfacing an area of the back lanes. However, quotes for the work ran into hundreds of thousands of pounds, making the work unviable, and we have been looking ever since for a project worthy of the money within the tight constraints placed by ENTRUST.

Following a vote at last years AGM, and guided by canvassing your ideas at last year’s Bungo in the Back Lanes, we offered the money to Queens Park Arena. We are glad to be able to support the project to renew the bandstand arena, and Strathbungo residents can be proud that we will be contributing around a fifth of the cost of phase 1 to stabilise the ground, install drainage and electrics, restore the amphitheatre and install the stage base.

Work is supposed to be beginning in September 2011. Watch that space!

You can find out more at http://www.qppp.org.uk/

Lastly, thanks to all society members involved in administering the Entrust monies over the last few years.