General information:
The Tarland Development Group (TDG) was set up ten years ago with the following aim:
To plan, fund, organise and promote developments in the Tarland area for the benefit of the community, visitors and local business.
Membership of the Group is open to anyone wishing to volunteer their time to support this aim. The work of the Group is project-based and members take on responsibilities for supporting those projects which interest them. Meetings are held every six weeks or so to review progress and develop action plans in accordance with the above aim.
Some of the larger projects we have successfully completed to date include:
- Improving the entrance to the village from Aboyne and planting a Millennium avenue of beech trees
- Erecting a visitor information board featuring local attractions on one side and information about walking routes on the other.
- Developing and maintaining a network of way-marked paths leading out from the village into the surrounding area, and publishing walking guides for them.
- Developing Viewfield wetlands area as a nature reserve.
- Erecting a pedestrian bridge downstream from the narrow road bridge at the southern entrance to the village.
Projects currently in hand include:
- Improving access to the pedestrian bridge
- Extending the local paths network
- Establishing a Farmers' Market
- Developing a Tarland website in cooperation with the Cromar Community Council
- Increased cooperation with and support for the Tarland Welfare Trust and Cromar Community Council.
Proposed projects include:
- Supporting the Upper Deeside Access Trust in planning a Tarland to Ballater history, archaeology and natural history trail.
- Liaising with Historic Scotland, MacRobert Trust, and the Cromar History Group to develop an archaeological trail within Drummy Wood.
- Improving visitor facilities by proposing and supporting the establishment of a multi-function centre with a restaurant, a retail outlet for local produce and artworks, and a history museum.
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