Putting the pride back into Melton Surveys commissioned in Melton Mowbray highlighted that 69% of businesses found the range and variety of town centre shops to be unsatisfactory or poor. While 61% rated the physical appearance of the town centre as acceptable, only 11% of people and 0% of businesses rated it as excellent. Key [...]
Caterham gets its glad rags on Shabby to Smart began with a town Healthcheck in 2006 that consulted over 2,000 people. One of the responses to come out of this Healthcheck was: “Shabby to Smart“. This neatly expressed the town’s aspiration to position itself closer to neighbouring Surrey towns, both in visual appeal and in [...]
Welsh town cleans up at Action for Market Towns Awards Mold Spring Clean has set about improving its physical environment while getting the local community on board in this self-help project. It promotes recycling, sustainability, pride and community spirit. In 2010, more than 650 participants got involved making it one of the largest community initiatives [...]
Walking a fine line A popular shortcut connecting two shopping areas in Crewkerne town centre ran through a service yard area owned by a number of landowners. The area was an eyesore with no clear separation between vehicles and pedestrians. When Mackays announced that they were intending to move into Crewkerne and extend an old [...]
Sandwich loos get a facelift Public loos may seem a prosaic subject for a winner of the Partnership and Strategic Working category, but it is astonishing how bad many public toilets are and how difficult it seems to be to get anything done about it. In Sandwich, Kent the district council owned and managed the [...]
What could you do to sustain your high street/town centre and what are the main challenges you face in your town? We asked delegates attending our Regional Market Town Awards Showcase events these questions. Find out what they said and see if you agree.
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