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In June 2005 BIG and ITV announced a competition to find the winner of a £50 million National Lottery grant. The search was on for a groundbreaking project that would inspire communities to revitalise the areas where they live.
There were 33 entries to the competition. BIG assessed the bids, identified a long list of 13 projects and in August 2006 awarded six projects development grants to take their plans forward to the next stage. In October 2007 BIG decided that the following four projects would go through to the final:
Eden Project: The Edge
Sustrans' Connect2
Sherwood: The Living Legend
Black Country Urban Park
The four shortlisted projects were put forward to the public vote, which was carried out online and by telephone.
Sustrans’ Connect2 was announced as the winner on Wednesday 12 December.
A total of 286,285 votes were received by the close of voting at midday on Monday 10 December.