A FORMER gentleman's club in Skipton could be transformed into a facility to coax young entrepreneurs.
Accent Yorkshire - owner of Victoria Building, on Belmont Bridge - wants to convert and extend part of the premises to create a youth mentoring and enterprise centre.
The site is partly vacant and was formerly used for the Craven Club.
It is envisaged the centre will be called Imaginate and will cater for 14 to 21-year-olds.
The concept is to encourage and nurture the ideas of young people by establishing a place where they can see their ideas transformed into business opportunities.
Budding businessmen and women would be guided by schools, colleges, universities, business mentors and existing entrepreneurs.
The applicants' agents, Rural Solutions, said between 10 and 20 people would be employed at the site.
The site is thought to be a good location due to its proximity to the town centre and it could prove a catalyst for other development along the canal.
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