Misperception explained

HPC - Hastings Pier Charity - responsible for the rebuilding of thr Pier and subsequent running, until it was untimely ripped from their hands.  It is an precept that a new business takes from 3 - 5 years before it is stable.

FoHP - Friends of Hastings Pier - re-established after HPC went into administration in an effort to keep the Pier in Community hands, looking at a commercial venture partnership.

Well, who knew!!!

How do you tell if a seaside town is on the up? Forget fun fairs and celebrity chef restaurants, and ignore the modern art gallery and the gleaming new penthouses on the cliffs.

According to those in the know, the sure sign that a coastal town is on the path to success and regeneration is its pier.

“The pier is the flagship attraction in a seaside town,” says Dr Anya Chapman, a lecturer in tourism management at Bournemouth University. “When it is refurbished, other businesses cluster around it and they form a nucleus of growth. 
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/house-prices/simple-secret-spotting-next-seaside-property-hotspot/?mc_cid=476dc8e97a&mc_eid=4a6a4f1382 

"In the communities I’ve been working in over the past year it feels like it’s never been harder to do things in a community-led or participatory way. 

Even when communities show leadership, the past 12 months has shown that our legal frameworks, funding, and support are not enough to prevent the loss of high-profile community assets, ........ Hastings Pier in Sussex falling into private hands only months after winning a RIBA award for its community-led restoration and transformation. "
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-06-12/looking-back-looking-forwards-governance/