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Originally Posted by Barrie Yates
You have obviously done a cost comparison. Are you not going to share that with us and provide us with hard facts to support your statement?
Does a town have to be a Market Town to look attractive?
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Bear in mind I am a landscape gardener among other things and for around £150 (£200 at most) we could have planted up all four of Rishton's towers. The towers themselves cost the money but the point is that no one was asked, the cash was just sliced off Rishton's budget and it has caused some resentment with residents because they haven't been properly installed and look cock-eyed.
If you aren't familiar with your Prospects group (most wards have one in Hyndburn) then just have a quick look online but the one in Rishton does some marvellous work and has been instrumental in making some lousy areas into places of beauty. If I had offered our group £200 and asked them to turn four small grotspots into flower beds they would have jumped at the chance and the rest of the money could have bought a new bus shelter that lower Rishton badly needs.
In terms of floral areas, Rishton already looks pretty good so no, I don't believe that anywhere needs to be a Market Town to look attractive.