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THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN thoughtless parking.
Next question: What opportunities are there for
MEETING the town to develop? A popular response was the
There was an impressively strong response to this need for a new restaurant, but not an Indian or
chance for everyone to have a say in what they similar. The need for employment was an obvious
wanted for the town in the future, with 61 people choice, as it's been seen as both a problem and a
coming to the Parish Hall after an effective missed opportunity for a long time.
publicity campaign. Councillor John Bodenham, And what about threats? Not much response,
who has done a lot of work to prepare the way for though crossing the High Street was mentioned.
this discussion, opened the evening by explaining With a second pedestrian crossing in
that the town council wanted to listen and development, that did not make it onto the list.
consider, then introduced Mark Greaves of the Andrea impressed with her willingness to listen
Saint Mary’s Youth Project. Mark spoke briefly and to explain why some ideas would clash with
about his vision of building support for the whole established County policy and so would not be
community, with a recognised hub where people put forward.
could share ideas and help one another. And a final comment from Jorge:
Mark then handed the meeting over to Andrea
Pellingham, an American trained consultant who
is currently working for Shropshire Council. She
explained her brief, saying how hard it had been
to reach young people and get their views, so she
was pleased to see youth represented and later
heard. She emphasised that the town’s plan
should add to or complement the county plan if it
was to be listened to. Asked how long it would
take for ideas expressed here to become reality,
she guessed it would be 12 to 18 months before
there was a referendum for us to vote for or reject.
She asked for the strengths of the community
and compiling the list was the longest part of the
evening. Andrea's wrist was probably aching by HOW SAD CAN YOU GET?
the time it was finished and she was visibly I’ve only met Emma Greenway once, several years
impressed by the number of good things the town ago when she and her husband moved into the
has to offer. High Street and she was enthusing about the
Perceived weaknesses inevitably meant the town and the wonderful Mawley Milk she could
buses and a long list of problems. A road system buy. So it was sad to hear from her because some
that does not encourage industrial development low life has superglued the electric gate on the
was mentioned, as was congestion in the High Eagle Lane access to their back garden. How very
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