30/11/2024
👉We are encouraging the residents of East Lothian to engage with the future of the Cockenzie Power Station site – respond to all consultations, read the background information available on the various proposals and let us know what you think. Get back to us… let us know… what do you think of the elements in the 360 proposal and how might they fit into the site?
WHAT IS 360 CENTRE? 🌿🌍🌊👇
How could it fit into the Cockenzie site and benefit the community?
In a nutshell, the Vision of the 360 Centre is to become an Internationally renowned Climate Change Exchange Centre for education and knowledge. By establishing collaborative partnerships between academia and business, it will provide training in, and knowledge about, renewables and how communities can transition to a net-zero society. Certified courses and apprenticeships will create a skilled workforce for the renewable and construction sectors.
The 360 Centre Vision also includes a vibrant hub for students, local communities and artists. It will attract visitors with its large-scale art installations, space for exhibitions and conferences, shops, recreational facilities, such as a lido and a visitors’ centre informing people about the rich traditions of art, culture and the industrial heritage of the local area. Nature-rich habitats, together with the John Muir Way which hugs the coastline make the site a unique location as a climate-energy educational hub, connecting innovative climate active communities along the coast.
By regenerating and transforming part of the disused coal-fired plant, the creation of the 360 Centre and internationally renowned campus with eco-designed buildings, large-scale artworks, green spaces, sustainably-sourced café, and exhibition spaces, the site will become a ‘go-to’ place.
🌎eco-designed buildings nestled in earth, extending the Greenhills site to a unique campus along the coastline;
• educational hub with conference centre,
• visitors’ centre + gallery space (hosting information about industrial, social heritage of the site)
• sustainably-sourced café
• community piazza
• accommodation pods
🌎board walk along the coast, linked to the John Muir Way;
🌍lido, possibly in partnership with sea-sourced heat pump infrastructure;
🌍three iconic sculptures of national recognition, made from recycled masts and blades of wind turbines and representing women’s role in the community, one of which would be used as a viewing platform.
The 360 Centre is registered as a Community Interest Company (CIC). We are local people pushing for a positive future which will benefit the local area.
The 360 Vision has received much positive community feedback and captured the support of the Renewable energy sector. Inch Cape Offshore have funded community consultation workshops, which has helped us shape our proposals.
http://www.the360centre.com/
Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from 360 Centre, Prestonpans.
