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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
It is no good spending this sort of cash on something when the town needs other things to get it up off its knees.
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The problem is what does the town need that will cause improvements.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
The market could be promoted more. The empty stalls should be let out...at a loss if there are no takers. After all the empty stalls are generating zero revenue....so let them out for nothing. Make the market less like a ghost market, get some footfall.
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I don't agree with letting them free when other traders have to pay. The council are struggling for money and cutting services everywhere. Maybe it's time to let the outside market close and concentrate on the indoor market.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
A town square, no matter how delightful,will not do it.
Get someone who is really interested in getting the town up on its feet...not the artsy fartsy consultants who couldn't give a flying fig about the town as long as they get the nice fat consultancy fee for the sweet drawings of how the town might look.
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I don't believe £3 million is just doing a town square, that is part of the project but is the only part getting attention due to a few trees. Consultants take their direction from those commissioning them to do the job, they don't just dream up the ideas themselves