Proposals for future of town discussed
Wednesday 14th October 2009, 8:15AM BST.
About 50 people attended a public meeting to help shape the future of their town.
Residents of Market Drayton were given a chance to have their say on what matters most to them in the town over the next 10 years.
The meeting, at the Festival Drayton Centre heard presentations from Shropshire Council and the Community Council for Shropshire.
Town mayor Roy Aldcroft said the next phase of the project would be to set up a steering group of volunteers to formulate the plan.
It will consider topics like transport, environment, housing, leisure and education.
Councillor Aldcroft said results from the meeting were now being analysed.
He said: “It was basically a workshop for residents to consider things like housing, the environment and education in Market Drayton over the next 10 years.”
Eric Davis attended and said he hoped the project would give townsfolk more input into the future direction of the town.
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50 people from a population of 10,000. It’s no wonder that Drayton is dying with such apathy amongst its residents.
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If you look to the success of Market Drayton’s schools, the diversity of its cultural life, the vitality of its sports clubs, the range and effectiveness of its caring and other voluntary organisations, you will see that it is a town with a good heart and soul — and far from dying. The 50 people made a start on the long process of producing a community-led town plan. They don’t need nay-sayers.
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