Since the publication of the Plan 4 Fife, Fife’s overarching Community Plan, a key objective has been accelerating the economic regeneration of Mid-Fife. This has been progressed economically by identifying place-based inclusive growth projects and by adopting a co-ordinated multi-agency response through the preparation and refresh of a Mid-Fife Investment Proposition and Economic Action Plan.
The plan identifies six key priorities and has a delivery focus through the consideration of potential sources of funding. The plan also recognises the challenges of addressing the climate emergency, and that successful inclusive growth in Mid-Fife will also involve community wealth-building initiatives and future economic collaboration.
The recent recognition of Dunfermline as Scotland's newest city provides further opportunity to contextualise and further accelerate economic growth in Mid-Fife given the neighbouring proximity of the two areas, the shared infrastructure connectivity provided by the M90 /A92 road corridors and Fife Circle rail line, and complementary business bases.
The Mid-Fife Investment Proposition sits alongside the Fife Economic Strategy to provide a clear indication of where new investment growth can be accommodated or existing economic activity further enhanced within the Mid-Fife area. The Proposition presents a framework of proposed programmes, projects and opportunities that are regularly reviewed and updated and target appropriate interventions in Mid-Fife that can be developed, implemented and/or accelerated as funding and resourcing opportunities are identified and secured.
