Falmouth BID Updates

Richard Wilcox Falmouth BID Manager

Usual weekly updates from the BID:

FREE Parking scheme for February

We have continued to garner some good local coverage as a number of local/regional outlets are keen to run the story which is great. I have done radio interviews with Atlantic FM, Source FM and Radio Cornwall and numerous articles have been published which is all good. Such schemes are viewed as innovative and haven’t been done many times in the south west and it will be a first for Falmouth. Both local newspapers have been very supportive and have agreed to highlight the story over the next couple of weeks. I will be backing this up with further PR and offline promotions –

·         you will shortly see advertising on some of the town’s bus shelters,

·         I am producing fliers for wider distribution

To recap, every Weds in February it will be FREE to park the car in either The Quarry or The Dell car parks in Falmouth, as BID continues to spearhead schemes to help support the town businesses, particularly at quieter times of year. The BID is undertaking the scheme as a direct response to business feedback/suggestions and so it is important that businesses help promote the initiative as much as they can so that the benefits of such a scheme are felt as widely as possible. To read the details click here.  

Falmouth Food & Drink Week 4-11 Feb 2012

Likewise, local promotional work is being undertaken to maximise this new initiative. You can view the variety of pubs, cafes, restaurants etc signed up here http://www.falmouth.co.uk/see-and-do/falmouth-food-drink-week

Falmouth Spring Festival

By way of an update, we are launching one of the new bigger events for this year’s Festival on Thursday. Run Falmouth the town’s first half marathon is in partnership with Cornwall Hospice Care, and is an event in which we hope to raise thousands of pounds for that excellent charity. If you haven’t seen the schedule its shaping up nicely -  http://www.falmouth.co.uk/see-and-do/falmouth-spring-festival    

LEP Roadshow

A session introducing the Local Enterprise Partnership or LEP took place last week. There is an opportunity to help shape the future strategy and direction of the Cornwall LEP. What should they focus on? Send them your views here

Planning Future Cornwall – see below from Cornwall Council:
Cornwall Council is asking residents to help shape the future of Cornwall for the next 20 years. Consultation on the core strategy runs from 9 January to 2 March 2012. The core strategy – Planning Future Cornwall – is the plan that will set out the Council’s aims and planning policies for new housing, employment, retail, the environment, leisure, community facilities, essential public services and infrastructure up to 2030.

Residents can give their views in several ways:

•      By visiting our website at www.cornwall.gov.uk/ldf (from Monday 9 January) a

nd leaving comments online

•      Visiting one of our exhibition Roadshows starting on 9 January. The Falmouth day is on THURSDAY 12 JANUARY 12-7pm in the Falmouth Town Council Building on The Moor