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Originally Posted by jedimaster
i am talking about events of a similar vein to the christmas market we have been discussing
eg. local craft markets, local foods etc.. with a focus on the local community.
these can be set up at minimal cost with most of that being recouped through stall rentals etc..
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I think it would be a start if the Town Hall, and the information/tourist centre was reopened on Saturdays.
In the eighties the Town Hall was hired out monthly, and attracted hundreds of people to the town who wouldn't have been there, except to specifically visit the book, collector, model, antique fairs etc.
Other businesses benefited from the extra peole visiting the town.
I know when we hire the Town Hall for our meetings, there are an extra 50-80 people I see shopping in the town afterwards, who wouldn't otherwise have been there.
(Although the Town Hall's closed now on Saturdays, it will be opened if someone hires it.)