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| Richard Wilcox Falmouth BID Manager |
We’re hitting the ground running for 2012 with numerous new BID schemes and initiatives building on the projects delivered in 2011. First update of the year!:
FREE Car ParkingThank you to the positive feedback for this BID funded scheme. To confirm this is very much going ahead on five dates in February in a bid to help support and assist businesses in the town. Car parking will be FREE in The Dell and Quarry car parks every Wednesday throughout February on the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th. I will be supporting the scheme with a promotional effort and good early coverage of the scheme can be seen here:
The Radio Cornwall interview I did is here http://soundcloud.com/falmouthspiritofthesea/richard-wilcox-car-parking
I am liaising with the Packet and West Briton to ensure they can support and promote this scheme that has the potential to help the whole town, as much as possible over the next few weeks.
Falmouth Food & Drink Week 4-11 February
Our other new initiative is gathering momentum. I have over 20 cafes, pubs, restaurants on board see here http://www.falmouth.co.uk/see-and-do/falmouth-food-drink-week and again am working up a local PR push over the next few weeks.
Falmouth Spring Festival
Have a look at the Festival schedule we have put together here. As you can see, a substantive offering which is being backed up by a promotional push over the next 8 weeks all in an effort to once again raise the town’s profile and encourage extra visits and spend.
Public seating - ‘Morgawr’
Thanks to the creativity of pupils at Falmouth School we have installed the latest public seating for the town. For those who haven’t seen it, I have attached an image. This of course is part of the continuing BID Town Improvements Programme that includes installation of streets flags, banners and bunting and vacant units revamps. Thank you also to the support shown by Falmouth Town Council.
Visitor signage
Plans are being worked up for what will be the largest BID project of the year, namely the installation of interpretation boards, landscape viewing panels, map boards, way markers and trails. The majority of the work will be undertaken in the first half of this year and will really tell the story of Falmouth to all our visitors, encourage them to see more and spend longer in the town. More details will follow over the next few weeks...
Plans are being worked up for what will be the largest BID project of the year, namely the installation of interpretation boards, landscape viewing panels, map boards, way markers and trails. The majority of the work will be undertaken in the first half of this year and will really tell the story of Falmouth to all our visitors, encourage them to see more and spend longer in the town. More details will follow over the next few weeks...
There’s also a lot of effort and planning going into PR and events promotion for 2012 which as you know will be huge, which I’ll update on next week.
Not that anyone needs reminding how lovely south Cornwall is but an aerial video you may wish to see.... http://youtu.be/ntN9FAQK17Y
For those who are new to these updates do click on this link to find out more about the work of Falmouth BID, download previous BID newsletters and project updates www.falmouth.co.uk/media. Also do follow town news via Twitter and Facebook with the links given via the logos below.
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