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WHITCHURCH ASSOCIATION Town Action Plan Team
Whitchurch Town Centre Revitalisation Project
Kick off Meeting
Stewart Parrington/Tony CorbinPress
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| Slide 2 - Suggested
Agenda |
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| Suggested Agenda |
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Context
Substance
Aims
Initial ideas
Christmas 2005?
Next Steps |
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| Slide 3 - Context |
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| Context |
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Healthcheck respondents: |
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Town centre described as �drab� (42.2%)
� Detracts
from Town�s �image�
� 61.4%
shopped in Whitchurch for �last minute items�
� 81.3%
shopped out of Whitchurch (more choice)
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More Competition
�Empty units/closures
�The Internet
�Changing work/social patterns
�Declining event attendance levels
�Recent �informal� dialogue
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| Slide 4 -Town Centre Revitalisation |
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Substance:
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�Potentially long term (with your
pro-active support here to stay
not gone tomorrow!)
�Local Authority and LSP supported
(in kind and potentially via grant aid����� e.g. CTI and POPPi)
�Focused upon business and
community needs (e.g. responses via the Healthcheck)
�Locally driven (Community
Groups/Local Business)
�Supported and facilitated by WA
Town Action Plan Team
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| Slide 5 -Town Centre Revitalisation |
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�Improve visual appearance
�Bring �pride and vitality� to the
town
�Increase town centre �footfall�
�Business in the Community (more
business/community group collaboration)
�Encourage loyalty (shopping
locally for local produce from local shops is also kind
to the environment!)
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| Slide 6 -Town Centre Revitalisation
Project |
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Initial Ideas � What do you think?
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��Spend a Day in Whitchurch�
Tourism initiative (incl new local Heritage Centre)
�Built environment improvements
(partly grant aid enabled)
�Publicity (education) � support
your local shops..use or lose! (inc via
Whitchurch Web)
�Traders Association (collaboration
on events, issues, staffing, window displays, skills
etc)
�Events � inc. Food & Drink
festival, Street Market, Community Groups,
Christmas initiatives
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| Slide 7 -Town Centre Revitalisation
Project |
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Focus on Christmas
Initiatives (Commencing 2005)
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�The �Whitchurch Christmas
experience�
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�Wide promotion under �one banner� of existing
community and Town Centre events?
�Themed day or late night shopping event?
�Help with Window Displays (prize for winner)?
�Children�s �shop window competition�?
�What else?? Name??
A modest beginning ....
bigger and better in 2006 |
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| Slide 8 - Next
Steps |
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1.Can
we achieve a festive spirit and make Christmas
2005 in Whitchurch a very special experience for
young and old?
2.Are you
enthused by the overall initiative?
3.What next �
working group? (who/when/how)
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