{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Coworking Values Podcast","title":"When a Community Finds Its Coworking Space with Lee Dalgleish","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1919,"description":"“We’re keeping people in Wigan, both in jobs, both in supply chain, young people not jumping on the train any longer to go in 30 minutes down the train track to Manchester or Liverpool. You don’t need to go outside of Wigan now. You can do everything in here.”Lee DalgleishTired of running yourself into the ground?Then stop running alone.*On February 24th, the London Coworking Assembly presents Unreasonable Connection Goes Live!—a one-day working session for the people running London’s most vital neighbourhood spaces and the public sector allies working to help them thrive.*It’s a day to share the load, find real solutions, and build a new playbook, together.Lee Dalgleish fixes problems.Not the tidy, admin problems.The ones where young people leave town because there’s nothing for them.Where historic buildings rot because nobody knows how to bring them back.Where talent drains to bigger cities because local economies can’t retain it.He’s the Commercial Property Manager at The Heaton Group in Wigan.But that title doesn’t capture what he actually does.The Heaton Group bought Eckersley Mills in October 2021. Three massive mills from the late 1800s, right in the centre of Wigan, sitting between Manchester and Liverpool.The sort of place most people write off as too expensive, too complicated, too far gone.They renamed it Cotton Works.Then they started building something nobody expected.Three Mills Pub opened in May 2024.Four and a half thousand square feet with original slab stone flooring. The sort of character you can’t fake.Lee’s daughter manages it now.Feast at the Mills followed in October 2023.An outdoor food hall in the old weaving sheds. DJs, street food, families, dog walkers, and bottomless brunches.Over 2,000 people show up every weekend in summer.But here’s what matters.Cotton Works isn’t just hospitality. It’s a regeneration project built to stop the brain drain.Wigan Youth Zone sits at 35,000 square feet. The largest youth facility of its kind in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WIBJeL0fXbpb8oNZHEtSu5qeC3870OdCYV3XNCIVY1M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZTBm/NGQ1N2YzYTcyNmE3/NTc2ZmU5NTBlYmNj/OTEwOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}