Over the last year Anglesey, Conwy, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd and Wrexham Councils have been working together to share thinking on how to revitalise their town centres.
This sharing of practical good ideas between councils and towns is extremely timely as a new inquiry into town centre regeneration has been launched by the National Assembly for Wales’ Enterprise and Business Committee.
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 [...]
Many community groups, town councils and partnerships find it difficult to get the business sector to engage in projects to regenerate their towns. This event helped delegates to meet this challenge.
Restoring inspiring landscape at Barnard Castle Barnard Castle’s landscape famously inspired Turner, Sir Walter Scott and John Sell Cotman. But the riverside walk had become overgrown and restoring that inspiring landscape was part of a wider regeneration initiative for the town. Barnard Castle Vision, with the support of Barnard Castle Town Council, brought together a [...]
Action for Market Towns Chairman Catherine Hammant took part in a round table discussion on town centre issues with Communities and Local Government Secretary Hazel Blears MP and Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Andy Burnham MP.
Pocklington Study Tour – 26 February 2009 Pocklington Arts Centre, Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire Representatives from local Market Town Partnerships, Renaissance Partnerships, Town and County Councils and the Commission for Rural Communities got together in Pocklington on 26 February to find out how a new Arts Centre had transformed this small town – and [...]
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