COMMUNITY FACILITY SAVED BY PEOPLE POWER
Friday, 15 January 2010
PEOPLE POWER has been credited for saving a vital community building in Shipston—which would have been sold-off. Residents will now run it themselves.The former Stratford-on-Avon District Council office, in Telegraph Street, has been saved for community use after the council’s cabinet agreed to support a plan proposed by the Shipston Town Management Partnership (STMP).
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The decision means that a variety of community services—including those
of the district council—can soon be offered again from the building.
The chairman of the partnership, Graham Williamson, said: “The power of
the people has made this happen. The initial decision was to close it
and that was the end of the story as far as the district council was
concerned. However, the publicity campaign of the STMP and a lot of
lobbying of the councillors has been sufficient to change their minds.”
Pictured: Graham Williamson, chairman of the Shipston Town Management
Partnership, with fellow directors Bob Tolley and Cllr Alan Noyce, the
Mayor of Shipston.
By: Stratford Herald
