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Originally Posted by Ken Moss
Clare and her team have been working tirelessly to get people in to the town centre by holding endless talks with the owners of the Arndale Centre for better rates. The new bus station is on the way, there will be more car parking spaces by the market, the flags in front of the market is being turned into an open-air market once again and there are modifications coming to the town hall to turn it into a proper venue for weddings and conferences.
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Ken, please understand this - you can make all the improvements you want to the town centre. You WILL NOT get people coming back while it is populated by junkies, alkis, beggars and assorted low lives. So until the council grow a pair and take steps to tackle the problem and, just as importantly, the reason behind the problem, Accrington centre will continue on its inevitable decline. And that's not "talking the town down", that's stating cold, hard facts.