St Ives Town Regeneration Forum Updates
Regeneration Away Day on 4th July 2024
The meeting broadly covered communication difficulties within the town, retail decline, pedestrianisation, parking/transport, flood/water management, heritage protection, the scruffiness of the town, its ecology and future event creation.
From these topics a regeneration metric was established with which to begin assessing the opportunities and barriers for revitalising the town. Given that Bridge Street was the example used by Simon Ward’s presentation at the previous meeting, it was agreed members would walk along it to note what immediately needs doing.
In addition, members will explore possible funding such as the Shop Front Grants which expires in September 2024 so both new and existing shopkeepers could be reminded to apply quickly. The next meeting will take place in early September 2024.