RETWEET FOR TOWNS DAY

I would like to invite you to participate in Retweet for Towns Day, March 8 2012.

The purpose of the event is to start a live debate about high streets, villages, towns and city centres in order to share best practice and also to encourage residents to become involved in their communities.  Using Twitter in this way enables everyone to have a say about where they live with the minimum of personal inconvenience

The campaign has already gathered support from Association of Town Centre Management and TV weather forecaster Sian Lloyd.  Deeply saddened by the situation facing most of our town centres Sian has already been tweeting for the cause and is urging other to join in too.  Sian offered “Residents can make a real difference by supporting those who are working to preserve our high streets and this campaign offers everyone a simple way to comment and debate about their town centres”

ATCM Chief Executive, Martin Blackwell was very enthusiastic to be involved and said “This is a brilliant idea and allows the ordinary person the opportunity to show their support for their town centre. They are not dead yet!"www.barnessquiresassociates.co.uk and below.  

 The ‘tweeting’ starts right now with the debate culminating with a mass day of tweeting on March 8.  I encourage you all start sharing good news stories that other areas can introduce into their towns. I am also looking for debate about the true picture in the high streets and to tell the true story around town centre vibrancy.  I believe that the real power of using social media in this way comes from talking to residents and visitors not only to get their views but also to encourage them to become active in their community and hopefully form Partnerships and Town Teams

Local promotion of the event through traditional media will not only enable residents and businesses to discuss their town openly but will also enable the Town Partnerships and BIDs to collect resident data for future communication


Sharing good ideas and issues with the rest of the UK via the #rt4towns hash tag will create a spotlight on the projects and successes in your area and promote your village, town and city

To help support and promote Retweet For Towns Day, Harrisons External Display Systems are encouraging you to be imaginative and describe your perfect town or high street in 140 characters including hash tag #rt4towns. To reward the best Tweet, Harrisons are offering a £250 voucher or flag and pole to help promote your high street projects.  See more about the competition at

For more information see www.barnessquiresassociates.co.uk and to join in follow @loyalhelp.