Being a musician, he outlined how, during the previous 12 months, Brigg had moved from Pause to Play in many directions and in many ways.
The Town Mayor said: "It has been incredibly satisfying to see new business develop. Even some of the stickiest of old buildings have found new tenants.
"The former Lidl building, on Spring's Parade, will soon be occupied with another national retailer, giving the shopper a further reason to come to Brigg. There are potential new developments on Cary Lane and at the former Grimley-Smith building."
He added: "The Britannia Inn, along with the Black Bull, has had a facelift over the past year.
"These businesses are very important to the ongoing makeover of the town. They create more jobs, attract different clientele and people to the town.
"Later this year, the Civic Dinner will also take place in a new venue; the Mumbai Lounge. Even though the dinner will be returning to an old favourite venue, it is yet another example of new businesses investing their time and money into the town, once again contributing to the town's growth and development."
It maybe of interest to note that most of the newly refurbished businesses in Brigg...Dexters, the Brit, Wetherspoons, Mumbai Lounge..attract evening client groups...and the evenings are not necessarily the times when other high street businesses can benefit.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, Brigg Garden Centre attracts vast numbers of out-of-town shoppers, but,as far as Brigg's retail heart is concerned, it is geographically in the wrong place..
On the other hand, the new B&M store could attract numerically more folks to visit the town during day-light hours...but it could also everyday Brigg shoppers to lessen their allegiance to already existing town outlets..a sort of a remix dilution of the same overall number.
One thing that the Council should be proactive about, but seemingly isn't, is the significant reduction of car parking bays around the B&M store (cf plans as approved by NLC).
So on a busy day, how many potential shoppers will be put off owing to the difficulty of parking provision?
Within Brigg we appear to have conflicting priorities...ie NLC is presently promoting cycling, but cycling is banned in the town centre. Indeed, there are few cycle racks to secure a bike about the town...Confused!