Falmouth Updates

Falmouth BID updates as usual for you:

 

Visitor Signage
Thank you to those who fed back thoughts and ideas regards the exciting visitor signage project. Hopefully by now, many of you will have seen the designs either on display in the Town Hall, online or in the local media. This is most comprehensive project of its kind in Cornwall at present with the first phase being installed over the coming weeks.

Armed Forces Day

Many of you will know that a really exciting day is planned on Sat 22^nd June for Armed Forces Day Cornwall. The idea (and significant efforts going on behind the scenes at present are to this end)is to make this a fantastic, inclusive day for all the family - yet another great reason we hope for thousands of people to visit Falmouth. The place to keep checking is on the Falmouth website see here – Armed Forces Day Cornwall. I will be updating this as soon as we are able to confirm things but already you can see how much is being planned and what is in store.

#loveFalmouth

Hopefully for those of you that use social media you are by now, following the Falmouth spirit of the sea Facebook page for news on events, images of Falmouth, videos etc and @FalmouthBID on Twitter to be kept abreast of business related topics. If you are a Twitter user then please consider using the hashtag #loveFalmouth which has been set up. Its another way by which we can continue to talk and spread the word about all that’s exciting and positive about our town, its people, businesses and activities.

Tremough Community Games
Head on up to Tremough Campus this Sat 27^th April between 12 noon and 4pm for an afternoon of fun activities. All free with climbing walls, a dry ski slope, circus skills demonstrations, a fun run and more. 

Celebrating Falmouth's Businesses

Celebrating Falmouth's Businesses exhibition in the Poly went very well, numerous positive comments, good feedback and a great start to the ongoing campaign that aims to highlight the passion, creativity and dynamism that exists on Falmouth's high street.

We held a preview evening to thank the business participants and you can hear their thoughts via The Source FM here:

https://soundcloud.com/andy-coote/falmouth-for-business-package?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=https://soundcloud.com/andy-coote/falmouth-for-business-package 

Falmouth Updates

Some Falmouth BID updates as usual for you:

Falmouth Spring Festival 14-24 March

• The Festival Guide will be out late next week. I am producing 10,000 copies which will be distributed locally and regionally to promote the town and the event
• 15,000 flier inserts will be in both the Packet and West Briton in the week leading up to the festival
• We now have 90-100 schoolchildren, 100 businesses, 30-40 University students and 4,000 daffs all working together and involved in the Paint the Town Yellow Day on 14 March!
• We have in the region of 90 volunteers and have earmarked 10 sites for the big Spring Clean Day on 9^th March!

·         Full schedule www.falmouth.co.uk

BID Director and support

Thank you for the keen interest shown by a number of businesses in wanting to get more involved with the Falmouth BID and therefore supporting the town. We’ll make an announcement on the new ‘High St Champion’ Director very soon.

St Austell BID

Congratulations to the steering group and to the businesses of St Austell who have voted YES (75% Yes vote) to a Business Improvement District, making it the 5^th town in Cornwall to now have a BID.

Great South West Walks – some info from the organisers

We are contacting you to ensure you are aware of our Great South West Walk in April and May this year.  The walk is to be a relay to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the South West Coast Path Association.  It will  start on both North and South coasts, walking westwards day-by-day and ending at Land's End on May 7th.  Walkers will try and raise money to fund over forty improvement projects on the South West Coast Path.  Full details of our walk on to be found at www.greatsouthwestwalk.co.uk

Celebrating Falmouth’s Businesses

Celebrating Falmouth’s Businesses 21^st Jan-4^th Feb

The exhibition is now live in The Poly until 4^th Feb. The intention is to take more business images and also to extend this creative strand of the Shop Local campaign to film in the coming weeks. At the same time, we are pushing and promoting the exhibition regionally and nationally, looking for as many opportunities as possible to highlight the vibrancy and originality of Falmouth’s businesses. 

Falmouth BID Updates:

Great coffee shops listing

Two of Falmouth’s cafes in the UK top 50 as compiled by The Independent. Well done goes to Provedore and Expressini both fairly recent additions whose proactive commitment to quality and customer service has been recognised nationally, the only in Cornwall as well to make the list. Independent article here

Falmouth Food & Drink Week 9-17 Feb

Thanks to those businesses who have responded – we now have a good selection. This is being promoted both online and offline – via homepage of www.falmouth.co.uk and social media, mention in Cornwall Today March edition and local media support. 

Spring Festival Updates and Advertising 14-24 March

Progressing very well as the first main Festival of the season. Some updates for you:

1.       Delighted to announce the NMMC as this year’s title sponsors. Terrific to have their support and they will I’m sure, be very proactive in assisting with the promotional effort

2.       Spring Clean Day on 9^th March. Shaping up very well with lots of volunteers and numerous sites earmarked subject to permissions:

·         Gyllyngvase Beach Clean

·         Railings painted along Cliff Rd

·         Waterfront Crew litter clearing along Pendennis Point

·         All of the Hodgsons Accountants on Arwenack St staff are getting on board and will undertake a site cleanup which is fantastic and just the sort of community effort envisaged.

·         Involvement from Sarah Newton MP which again is great news

3.       Run Falmouth half-marathon now on the Cornwall Grand Prix circuit and we can expect in excess of 500 runners. To book your place or to forward to colleagues click here

4.       Zumba Zestifal details are out, please see attached and do book up to support!

5.       Thanks to Paul from walkitcornwall who has done a sterling job co-ordinating the myriad of different walks. As  you can see from the schedule there are several on each day of the Fest

6.       We have a new event the two day folk & Cider fest which is an exciting addition

7.       There will be a 16 page guide backed up with promotional flyers and PR support. 

Visitor Signage Project

·         Submitted planning apps to Cornwall Council for this very exciting project and have presented to a number of key partners/funders, the designs for the various components

·         You may have seen designs in local media but we will shortly also have these on public display and online for the community and visitors to see what is planned

·         Installation, planning application pending, is earmarked for late Spring/very early summer

Celebrating Falmouth Businesses Exhibition 21 Jan - 4 Feb

A reminder that our two week exhibition will be running in The Poly from the end of the month. Very much another strand of the Shop Local Think Falmouth campaign, we will be taking the images of businesses owners you have seen on the vacant unit wallpaper designs, taken by local photographer Hugh Hastings and showcasing these. The intention of course is to celebrate the vibrancy and diversity of our town through the characters and personalities that help shape it.

Tall Ships 2014

A new Facebook page has been set up, that will be populated in due course with imagery, event details and videos. Do like and follow to keep up to date with this amazing event. TALL SHIPS 2014 FACEBOOK PAGE

SUPER WEEKEND

Santa Fun Run/Live Nativity Weekend

LIVE NATIVITY IMAGES 2012

Great buzz, atmosphere and big additional footfall in town over the weekend and thanks to Rose Wiltshire from Cornwall Hospice Care for her efforts on the Santa Fun Run. A big thank you to Michelle Legumi and her Churches Together  team for giving up their time over the past few weeks simply to help Falmouth and making the Live Nativity yesterday such a success. 

Its an incredibly tough trading environment as we all know, so therefore its vital that businesses and enterprises work as a team behind the Falmouth BID/Town Management to instigate more initiatives and ideas to support the town. Towns that are disparate will struggle, towns that come together give themselves a great chance. 

I have put images of the Live Nativity that I took yesterday here – LIVE NATIVITY 2012

FALMOUTH UPDATES

Richard Wilcox, Falmouth BID Manager

Shop Local Think Falmouth Launch

We launched the Shop Local Think Falmouth initiative last week, thanks to the businesses who gave up only 10mins of their day to attend the photocall. This should be in the local media this week. Window posters are being distributed to businesses, bus shelter sites are also carrying the message.  This is a long term campaign and we will change the designs next year but the message is strong and will get stronger ONLY with your support. To that end do stick the poster when you receive it, in your window. If you’d like to listen to a Source FM interview with local businesses and myself talking about the initiative click here –
SHOP LOCAL THINK FALMOUTH SOURCE FM INTERVIEW

Falmouth Spring Festival
14-24 March 2013

This is really starting to take shape with a host of exciting activities planned. Loads more to add but do check out what is already in place to help promote Falmouth, attract visitors and support yourselves early in the 2013 season– FALMOUTH SPRING FESTIVAL 2013