Our Carlisle Town Investment Plan showcases our ambitious vision for the future of Carlisle at the heart of a thriving Borderlands economy. Our ambition is to grow the city’s population from 70,000 to 100,000. By 2050, we will create 9,000 new jobs (including higher skilled roles), and build more than 10,000 new homes, supporting population growth and providing opportunities for all of our people and communities to prosper.
We will use Towns Fund resources to help lever £45 million in private sector investment and amplify the impacts of other major investment programmes in the city, such as the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal.
Our Town Deals have secured funding for a Digital and Community Learning Hub at Carlisle Library, a Carlisle Business Exchange Centre as part of the University of Cumbria’s new campus at the Citadels and Start with the Park for St Cuthbert’s Garden Village.
Exciting regeneration projects are underway in the city. Investment has been secured from a variety of sources including the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal, the government’s Towns Fund and Future High Street Fund, plus UK Shared Prosperity funding.
Schemes are underway across the city centre that include the redevelopment of the Citadels into a new campus for the University of Cumbria and the transformation of the Carlisle Railway Station.