THE largest community buyout ever to take place in the south of Scotland has “achieved the impossible”, securing a landmark deal to incorporate an extra 5300 acres of land, more than doubling its size after a last-minute rush secured vital funding.
The agreement, which will significantly expand the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve, was struck between The Langholm Initiative and Buccleuch, and will go ahead now after a staggering community fundraising campaign which helped the Dumfriesshire town on its way to successfully raise its £2.2 million goal before the July 31 deadline passed by.
