Market town health checks
Progress is being made by all four of the market towns in the Winchester District who are working towards their health checks, which aim to provide a picture of where the town or village is now and an action plan to get it to where it wants to be in the future.
Alresford bids for SEEDA funds
Alresford Town Partnership was successful in a first stage bid for SEEDA to implement projects identified in the town's action plan. The 'Putting Pedestrians First' project aims to reduce car movements in the town centre, and making it easier for pedestrians to get around. The team is now working to develop a more detailed second stage bid, which will go to the Hampshire Market Towns Partnership in early March 2008. You can download the local chamber of commerce newsletter at the botom of this page.
Bishop's Waltham held a successful Community Open Day at the Jubilee Hall on 25th March. Representatives of community and voluntary groups explained their activities and recruited new members. The open day really demonstrated the wealth of activity in the area. In addition to this event, new signposts have been installed to help visitors navigate around the village. This combined with a developing village website is helping to put Bishops Waltham on the visitor map.
Wickham Chamber of Trade arranged a Welcome Host training course for local businesses in February. This is a nationally recognised one-day course, endorsed by Visit Britain - the national tourism body - for quality customer service. The town businesses are also planning to develop a tourism leaflet to help visitors find their way around Wickham.
Community members in Denmead are investigating the possibility of using an empty shop in the village as an art exhibition space and as a venue for community events. There is more work planned to improve the physical environment of the village centre.
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