macroban Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Don't rain on our parade. > > Courtesy of public subsidies. hey macroban, why do we pay taxes? Surely public money spent on regenerating local communities is a good thing. You directly benefit from improved services and more diversity. Are you against public money being used to suport the arts too? And to clarify, there were some very small subsidies to start up businesses at the beginning of the regeneration initiative (years ago now)to help kick-start the area. There are now no subsidised rents on Bellenden Road and the businesses there stand or fall on their own merits.