The Panel’s View

Portland is a unique and thrilling example of an area using its industrial heritage to build community pride through art, culture, education and regeneration. The sense of purpose, community spirit and outstanding achievement is palpable in the local community.

Learning points:

• Bringing together industry, culturen and education; using local industrial heritage to build pride and sense of ownership; offering hope to a community that saw itself in mdecline;
• Careful, long term management
• Involvement of wide range of partners.

The photo  shows people involved  in the Drill Hall and Independent Quarry who left to right are:

• Sally Protehro – Landscape Architect
• Thelma Stewkesbury - family quarrying history
• Portland Cllr Jenny Collinge – Portland Town Council, marine and environmental committee
• Geoffrey Stewkesbury – family quarrying histories archive in Drill Hall (holding award)
• Bob Ford – (rear) naturalist for quarry regeneration designs
• Paul Crabtree – PSQT Project Development (holding award)
• Ron Hallet (rear) (stone working histories)
• Hannah Sofaer – PSQT Arts, Environment and Education (holding award)
• Richard Phelps – (rear) (energy strategy for Drill Hall )
• Jane Fooks – Development Director Portland Academy
• Phil Docherty – (exhibition design)
• Portland Mayor Sandy West
• Sarah Bowsher (geological interpretation)
• Alex Marshall (IT , website)
• Dr Flor Kent – PSQT Trustee

Acknowledgements Drill Hall and Independent Quarry, Albion Stone plc. Tout Quarry by Stone Firms Ltd.