 In 2008 a " Rùm Task Group " , chaired by Lesley Riddoch , was created to generate proposals for advancing community development opportunities . It reported to Mike Russell MSP the Minister for Environment in the Scottish Government , and in June a plan was announced to establish a locally @-@ run trust with the aim of reintroducing crofting settlements to the area around Kinloch village . In December it was announced that £ 250 @,@ 000 of land and buildings are likely to be placed into community ownership , subject to a ballot of the electorate in January 2009 . 
