A community bid to take over Portpatrick harbour will get underway this weekend.
From Saturday, local residents will be invited to buy shares in the site, which is in urgent need of maintenance and development.
The Portpatrick Harbour Community Benefit Society hopes to raise up to £100,000 to safeguard the future of the port facility.
Investors will get a vote on the future of the harbour.
Kelly McIntyre, of Community Shares Scotland, said it represented a good investment.
"It's already running at a net profit of £16,000 per annum so they're not taking on a concern that is something they are going to have to build up from scratch and hope for the best," she said.
"This is a very buoyant community enterprise that they will be taking on.
"The market research that they have done shows that it will go from strength to strength, and it certainly will not deplete.
"The reason that they have been lacking in certain areas is simply because there has been no upgrade to the harbour over the last 150 years."
Residents will be able to buy a minimum of £25 worth of shares and a maximum of £100,000.
They hope to buy the harbour from the current absentee landlord - an investment company based in the Channel Islands.
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