Construction of Rosemount Business Park
Looking back at photos taken in 1998-99 during the construction of Rosemount Business Park. In 1997 the local charity Rosemount Development Trust had achieved 100% occupancy at the Millburn Centre, a former school building converted for local businesses. It set up a subsidiary, also a charity, Rosemount Workspace Limited to create new business premises on the […]
155th Anniversary
Birds-eye view – a photo taken from the Roystonhill Spire by our steeplejacks. Today we commemorate that on 8th June 1866 – 155 years ago – the church on Roystonhill opened. The view must have looked very different back then. What is now called Roystonhill Spire is the only remaining part of Townhead-Blochairn Parish Church, […]
History boards
Our boards have arrived! They will soon be installed in the Spire Park along with 12 beautiful mosaic panels which were created from community workshops on local history. The Spire Park public art and heritage project is funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland and Rosemount Workspace Ltd. https://www.rosemountbusinesspark.co.uk/
The beacon is back!
Our contractors have been working hard on rewiring/upgrading the Roystonhill Spire lights, and we are pleased to say that they are now all back on. Thanks to Field & Lawn and HF Electrical Ltd – the improved lights are more environmentally friendly with much lower energy consumption, and will be on from dusk till dawn.
Royston Heritage workshops
In 2019 Rosemount Development Trust’s local heritage project saw people from all ages and backgrounds getting together to look at the history (and pre-history) of the area. A series of ten workshops took place with local schools, a youth group, the 50+ Young at heart Club and at Rosemount Lifelong Learning. Three of Rosemount Development Trust’s […]