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The Garage

Location: Digbeth

Strategic Investment Plan: Digbeth, Growth through Enterprise

This adds to the creative industries cluster around the Custard Factory development.

The grant from ebns funds two mobile production ?pods?, which are multi-purpose, wireless and have sound insulated walls and ceilings. The pods can be easily folded away to make room for exhibition space. Dedicated to the development of contemporary media art, Vivid (The Garage) supports and commissions research, new work, artists' residencies, events and publications.

The positive outcomes of this project are:

• Reduction of dependence on traditional sectors, particularly the automotive sector
• Growth in tourism and tourism related business
• Increased knowledge based sectors e.g. creative and media, medical and high-tech, engineering and environmental business.
• Improved business survival rates and employment growth