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Originally Posted by Wrighty
For years as I said in a past post .. the town has gone to the dogs & many other people see the same ....
I do not believe a word you lot say & imo you are not doing a good job , I mean look at the town centre .. full of charity shops , betting shops , a few pound shops .. Cash generator & cash converters , loads of empty shops!
Then you have the surrounding areas - a lot of run down houses! & areas people cant go
What this town needs is jobs .. better prospects for the youth because atm there is not much hope for anyone
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I was talking to Ken about some of the issues here the other week. It's a shame councils don't get to decide which shops open and which don't. If the premises are already a retail outlet there is no planning application required ( correct me if I'm wrong ). I'm also going to work on an assumption that many charity shops get reduced or even free rent. Why don't the landlords offer those facilties to start up businesses etc.
As for attracting bigger names where would they go ? Are there really any premises big enough for some of the big names like Harrods ?
As for the youth, there are many of them desparate to work, but they are probably the ones you don't see round the town centre drinking alchohol ( in a non alchohol zone ), and stoned out of their heads from various substances, much of the evidence is left lying around on Peel St every morning.
I'll repeat myself again, the biggest issue in Accrington town centre is the people who roam it. Unfortunatley it's not a council job to police the town centre it's the police's job. Maybe if more of our county council tax was spent on proper services instead of ivory towered ego junkies then the job may get done.