Traffic Management – Reduce Traffic
Pedestrianisation
Pedestrianise The Square and High Street to Church Square
Pedestrianisation of town centre
Pedestrianisation of the High Street
Pedestrianisation (where possible)
St Mary's Road Redevelopm
ent – control/manage infill
Green + Cohesive travel
Integrated transport (cycle + pedestrian network)
Enhanced cycling facilities
Cycleways and cycle facilities
Improved cycling facilities
Traffic – ring road, priorities, park & ride
Traffic management
Use of retractable bollards to pedestrianise the town centre
Bike parks and cycle parks, sponsored by local businesses – green cohesive travel
Park + rides at edges of town – optional; create incentive for use by offering cheaper parking there and making central parking more expensive
Frequent shuttle bus eco-fuelled – visible timetable display at stops – solar powered
Clean fuel – public transport
CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES
Community Arts, Community Buildings, leisure, youth
Total resource centre (community centre)
Community building
Music practice studios and venues
Explore location for auditorium venue – market hall, Kwik Save, cottage hospital, leisure centre, council offices
Social Cohesion – youth/elderly, multi cultural, multi religion/faith, education
Cultural and community integration
Improve "street scene" in central area
Street cafes
Develop street culture
Festivals and events to celebrate diversity
YOUTH FACILITIES
Youth/Community Centre
Teen shelters
Youth drop-in centre
Youth facilities
Voluntary group resource centre
COMMUNITY/LEISURE CENTRE ARTS
Leisure and entertainment centre
Multi purpose community arts centre
Community arts and entertainments complex – drama, music, visual arts gallery, rock 'n' roll, etc
Leisure/arts complex
Multifunction venue/auditorium
Leisure + Entertainment centre – use of kwik save site, apply for lottery funding and use S106 (HDC funding post to complete applications)
LEISURE (SPORT)
Sports facilities, tennis, bowls, athletics etc….
Extended leisure centre facilities
Improvements to leisure centre
Multi purpose leisure facilities
GREEN ENVIRONMENT
Green spaces
Green space and trees
Trees
Environment – parks, play areas, trees
Clean waterways
Develop Wildlife
Environment – plant trees, recycling, maintenance of park, renewable energy
Environment – green spaces/trees
Improved recycling
Aerial survey to identify tree planting opportunities
Make tree planting a mandatory requirement for developers – insist on avenues and squares
Litter reduction
Remove litter
Recycling (ex. Plastics)
Tree planting
Improve waterways for leisure and environment
ENVIRONMENT BUILT – GREEN BUILDINGS
Green buildings and energy efficiency
Environmentally sustainable housing
Urban design – energy efficiency
Energy efficiency – (all building)
Energy efficient buildings (inc. businesses and schools etc)
Sustainability – energy conservation – renewables
Energy – promotion work – multi agency agreements – legislation
Protecting good buildings
Park and ride
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Affordable housing – longer leases for private lets
HEALTH
Provision of and access to best health services
Enhance St Lukes Hospital
Improve/increase health service facilities
New hospital
EDUCATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING
Demand for work experience places
SKILLS AND UNIVERSAL EDUCATION
Distribution of school places
Increased involvement schools/community + community/schools
Use youth IT skills to benefit those without them
Universal education and skills
Knowledge skills – education, adult education, minorities, vocational
SAFER AND STRONGER
DESTINY
Taking charge of our destiny
Youth council
Get involved – lobby cajole, nag, enthuse, campaign
Getting more people involved
Council acts as catalyst
Keeping Market Harborough safe
Mainstream section 17
Crime and disorder issues
HOW TO DO IT
Google
Database
FUNDING
Private/public partnership initiative (PPPI)
How? Get ideas from other areas and countries (twinning EEC grants etc)
Developer funding "106"
Sponsorship
Local event fundraising
Get really smart at finding and winning grants
Trusts (charity)
Use partnerships to raise new money
Funding – buy a tree, sponsor a park, billionaire & blackmail
Market – employ a market manager to attract funding and reorganise!
Memorial funding contribution/donations
Arts Council/lottery funding
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY
MARKETS, TOURISM, WORK OPPORTUNITIES
LOCAL WORK OPPORTUNITIES
Support for independent businesses
Olympic opportunities (2012) – Tourist, Training, Accommodation, Sport facilities, drink/food requirements
Demand for work experience places
TOURISM CENTRE
Tourist Centre – economic generation, self pride, olympic opportunities, national celebration
Tourist information office
Tourism – a complete plan
Promote tourism
Place a "tourist information" computer near theatre and find building and funding for information office (possibly inside Harborough Theatre)
Tourist centre and promoting tourism
Accessible tourist information centre in centre of town
Tourism – booklet (website) distribution to UK/European
Funding – hotels and b&b's.
Eurostar link
MARKETS
Open air markets
Reuse the current market
Street Café
Market hall – A new future!
Improved market – indoors and outdoors
