COMMUNITY PLAN MORE LIKELY

Brigg Town Council's application for £2,500 funding to create our first Community Plan has been successful. Further details will be made available to the public at next month's annual town meeting (much more about that important forum will be posted on Brigg Blog at a later date).
A Community Plan can draw up a kind of wish list of things people would like to see, such as improved leisure or arts facilities. Having an official Community Plan is said to be very helpful in obtaining various grants for projects.
This will be something totally new for Brigg, and although the Town Council is sourcing the money to pay for it, the Community Plan will be driven by the general public, not the wishes of councillors, although obviously they may well have valid contributions and suggestions to make.
NF adds: Brigg Recreation Ground would be at the top of my wish list. It's high time this facility came back under Brigg's control. North Lincolnshire Council inherited it from Glanford Borough Council in 1996, and Glanford only took control, in 1974, because the newly-formed Brigg Town Council did not want to manage it after the the demise of the old Brigg Urban District authority. For many years there has been talk of a group being formed to manage the Recreation Ground. We are sure North Lincolnshire Council would be happy to hand that responsibility over to someone else, as the Rec currently generates little revenue. Plans have been drawn up, at various times, for new changing rooms, the installation of a full-sized floodlit Astroturf sports pitch (ideal for hockey, netball and football). There's even been talk of a mini-golf/pitch and putt course.