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What is it that you love about work, rest and play in the Tees Valley? The Evening Gazette is searching for the 101 Reasons It's Great To Live In The Tees Valley - and we need your help. We want to know what YOU believe is special about the Tees Valley. Teesside has an outstanding heritage and a long list of famous sons, but the 101 Reasons is not only about looking at what this pioneering place has achieved. It is about what makes the area special right here and now - and what our vision for its future is. It could be the serious business of the recent salvation of vital steelmaking on Teesside. Or something more light-hearted like the pleasure of eating a lemon top ice cream on the beach at Redcar. You might be a born and bred Teessider with a lifelong passion for the area or someone who has moved to the Tees Valley and fallen in love with the place. Whatever your reasons, we want to hear from you. ********** Middlesbrough Mayor Ray Mallon said: "The Tees Valley is on the crest of a wave of opportunity. "It has an industrial heritage to be proud of and a clear vision of what the future can be. The Tees Valley knows it needs to compete by being different. All of the ingredients are in place here and now." ********** Home sweet home The Evening Gazette launches its quest for the 101 Great Reasons to Live in The Tees Valley. Ian McNeal takes a look at what makes our area so special. It's great to live in the Tees Valley. We know it. You know it. And now we want to shout loud and proud about the place we call home. The Evening Gazette is searching for the 101 Great Reasons To Live in The Tees Valley. We believe our area is one of the country's most fascinating and exciting places to live, work and have fun. From fashionable shops to great places to eat, superb arts venues and top tourist attractions - the Tees Valley is a place full of passion and pride. Its landscape is unique with its mix of rugged coastline, industrial skyline and beautiful countryside. With its excellent transport links including the expanding Durham Tees Valley Airport and its location on the East Coast Main Line, it is the envy of other transport- clogged areas. The Tees Valley is also home to vibrant towns, with Middlesbrough enjoying its own mini-renaissance of designer stores and new coffee shops. Meanwhile the transformation of Stockton's born-again riverside and the nearby Teesdale office development has attracted world renowned companies. Hartlepool has undergone a staggering change with the development of its marina, now a popular tourist and eating out spot. Darlington has some of the best arts venues around with the Civic Theatre attracting top regional productions. The Tees Valley is full of tremendous achievement. It is home to some of the most innovative new companies, which keep Teesside at the cutting edge of business. At the same time, the area has battled successfully to save the established industries of steel and chemicals on which the area built its fortune - achieved in no small part to the much-hailed Teesside work ethic. The Tees Valley has some of the greatest sportsmen and women and best schools and hospitals the country has to offer. It is a place where future plans promise the area will be transformed in the next decade and a place where successful entrepreneurs flourish. As part of that future, we want to come up with a top 101 list of reasons why it really is great to live in the Tees Valley. The results will be published in a supplement taking a closer look at what makes our area unique, buzzing and brilliant. In the run-up we want to publish your comments on what you love about the Tees Valley and we want you to tell us who are the area's leading figures and why they get your vote. Steve Dyson, Evening Gazette Editor, says of the project: "Teesside and the greater Tees Valley regeneration area is an exceptional area and there are countless reasons which make it a great place to live. "The people of the area have a tremendous pride in the area, a fervour for its achievements and take close interest in their friends, family, neighbours and their local area. "It is a place where much is happening now and where exciting plans for the future will ensure it is somewhere where people want to live, work, study and visit for years to come. "We want to reflect this in our list of 101 reasons, which will show the Gazette's passion for the people and places that make the Tees Valley great." | 
