A COMMUNITY initiative to help promote businesses, attractions and events in Musselburgh has taken a major step forward. A new website and Facebook page to highlight the enterprise, which is operating under the banner of ‘Love Musselburgh’, have now gone live. Launched by four local businesswomen – Sharon Brown, of Blueberry Gifts; Mhairri Duxburry, of Mint Fig; Terri Buzzeo, of Maison Macaron Home; and Jeanette Hamill, Hamill Decorating Services – alongside Melanie Roccio of the environment group Love Musselburgh CIC, are working together for “the good of the town”. Funding of more than £25,000 has been received for the initiative, which got off the ground after £14,300 was received from Musselburgh Area Partnership, £6,875 from East Lothian Council’s Covid-19 economic recovery support fund for towns and villages, and £5,000 from Scotland Loves Local – a national initiative designed to encourage people to think local and support their high streets safe
MUSSELBURGH’S business chief has described a major community initiative to promote Musselburgh as a “lifeline”. Malcolm Currie, chairman of Musselburgh Business Partnership, called the funding of more than £25,000 to aid businesses, attractions and events in Musselburgh as it recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic “wonderful”. The initiative has been launched by four local businesswomen – Sharon Brown, of Blueberry Gifts; Mhairri Duxburry, of Mint Fig; Terri Buzzeo, of Maison Macaron Home; and Jeanette Hamill, of Hamill Decorating Services – alongside Melanie Roccio of the environment group Love Musselburgh, who will be working together for “the good of the town”. The enterprise got off the ground after £14,300 was received from Musselburgh Area Partnership, £6,875 from East Lothian Council’s Covid-19 economic recovery support fund for towns and villages, and £5,000 from Scotland Loves Local – a national initiative designed to encourage people to sup
A PLAN to make a disused phone box in Musselburgh ‘blooming marvellous’ is taking shape. Environment group Love Musselburgh C.I.C is set to give the phone box at Eskside West a new lease of life – as a floral planter. It will be repainted its original red colour and all the perspex window panels have been removed. BT has also taken away the phone. Baskets will be put inside and the flowers will be allowed to grow out and over the empty windows. Melanie Roccio, of Love Musselburgh, said she was inspired to go ahead with the project after seeing a phone box in Tranent that was transformed by the Blooming Belters team.