The wisdom of Iain Bain – Town Centre – “But the problem is overturning a mind-set that sees Nairn as a dormitory of Inverness.”

As the lucky hard-core already digest this week’s edition of the Nairnshire Telegraph, it might be worth having a read of the last week’s editorial if you haven’t done so already. Iain was discussing the subject of the town centre with his usual erudite flair. It was a piece towards the end that caught this observer’s attention and I have to admit it resonated somewhat:

“But the idea of taking problems of town centres into consideration in the planning progress is sound as is the idea of re-creating “centrality”.

Would it work in Nairn? Well it could. But the problem is overturning a mind-set that sees Nairn as a dormitory of Inverness. The history of our local authority is one of a removal of civic function from Nairn. Since 1996 our own representatives have been singularly ineffectual in protecting Nairn in this regard.”