Sentence examples for pilot town from inspiring English sources

Hundreds of towns have applied to become a Portas Pilot Town, one of 12 towns that will share a £1m "golden ticket".

Places where new shopping developments have left local high streets behind include Horfield, a suburb of Bristol, and Margate – which was chosen as a pilot town for Mary Portas's improvements.

These bottles became part of the wastewater recycling at a pilot "town center" in Kibera.

Of all sustainable city concepts, eco-cities and low-carbon cities have received a national endorsement in China, with such pilot towns under construction nationwide.

The government clarified protocol and there was no influence by Yellowdoor on the selection of the Portas pilot towns whatsoever.

They includea second wave of 15 Portas pilot towns, who were each awarded £100,000, and 330 "town teams" who were given a smaller amount of cash.

A spokesperson for Optomen said: "[We] had no influence over or involvement in the selection of the Portas pilot towns, which was solely a decision for the government.

In July last year Mary let the government know that she was stepping back from personal involvement in the second round of Portas pilot towns.

In February, the first wave of Portas Pilot towns were revealed to have spent only 12% of the money handed to them.

A spokesperson for Mary Portas said: "Any suggestion that Mary was involved in influencing the government's selection of Portas pilot towns is categorically untrue.

Still less was it news in 2017, when the pitifully tiny £1.2m that she was given to revive 12 "pilot" towns unsurprisingly failed, with 969 units having closed during the initiative.