Imagine a village hidden in the woods, with a busy high street and people meeting as they go to school and come home from work.
This is the vision for An Camas Mòr, a place specifically planned for living, working and community life.
MSP Kate Forbes (SNP) hosted an event at the Scottish Parliament on An Camas Mòr for the Cairngorms Business Partnership, Aviemore Community Council and Aviemore Enterprise Company. Gavin Musgrove reporting for The Strathspey and Badenoch Herald.
29.06.2018
A packed schedule saw David and Louise, architects from Gehl, Copenhagen meet with almost 200 people on their recent trip to An Camas Mòr. David said:
"It's been energising meeting passionate members of the community in and around the Aviemore area."
The Highlands Small Communities Trust (HSCHT) has provided An Camas Mòr with guidance on our experience of delivering affordable, cost-effective and secure housing for communities across the Highlands.
21.06.2017Different types of home for all the different kinds of households who make a community.
Designed on the principle of creating a good habitat for people and nature, by leaders in the field of sustainable architecture, Gehl, Copenhagen.
Fair opportunities for people who work locally to own, rent or build a home they can afford.
Designed for and with our local community by Gehl Architects, Copenhagen.
Homes for locals not holiday homes.
River Spey park, playing fields, allotments
Love the idea of 'wedges' (nature corridors)
Connected to nature, back-garden nature reserves
Space for businesses.
Community hall. Aviemore does not have a village hall.
Affordable housing to buy
Jobs, jobs, jobs
Indoor sports centre, ice rink, swimming pool
Sustainable materials, local timber.
The Community Council proposed the Aviemore sister community with a countryside park on both sides of the River Spey in 1987 we have been involved in its design and have supported it ever since.
I’ve grown up here, lived my whole life in Aviemore, my son is at School here, this is where I want to live. Locals are in the same boat with available houses being snapped up, used as holiday homes or allocated to people from outside the area. An Camas Mòr will give us options. Aviemore is expanding, we need houses, we should have a place we are proud to call home with a school, a hospital and lots of public facilities, Let them get on with it!
