Saturday, August 07, 2010

BRIGG COMMUNITY PLAN GETS FUNDING

Brigg Town Council has secured £2,500 from the North Lincolnshire authority to assist with the cost of delivering a Community Plan.
This is a scheme through which a community, like ours, can draw up a sort of wish-list of projects and other things of benefit it would like to see.
Brigg Blog might suggest redevelopment of the Recreation Ground, by way of an example. Or the plan to turn the old Paddock, near the railway station, into a Town (we can't say village) Green.
The next stage will arrive on Wednesday (Aug 18) when a meeting is held of the Community-Led Committee of Brigg Town Council, in the Angel Suite (7.30pm). If you are interested in getting involved and helping with the Plan, pop along.
To assist, the Humber and Wolds Rural Community Council has produced a "toolkit" of useful information and advice.
Prior to this meeting, Brigg Town Council's Planning and Environment Committee will meet at the Angel (7pm). We haven't seen the agenda for that one, yet, but will keep Brigg Blog followers informed of items of interest, nearer the time.

1 comment:

Ken Harrison said...

I would like to see the only remaining example of Brigg's C19th traditional workmen's cottages, at some stage, carefully demolished and rebuilt on a suitable site, such as the Town Paddock.
Brian's DIY demolished a row of such conttages during his rebuilding programme (looking behind the present hoardings, it nice to see, Brian has maintained some of the character of the cottages and I think he has used reclaimed bricks from the cottages.)
The only row now remaining is adjacent to Sparky Molloys in Cary Lane....they seem to be used as some sort of storage space.
If that part of Cary Lane is ever considered for redevelopment, the cottages should be saved and developed into a living museum example of Brigg town life.

Next: rowing boats and electric powered boats on the river...even punts. If someone builds a proper jetty, the rest will follow. I suggest a jetty could be built near Milly Green.....or from that wasteland opposite Lidl's and which is owned by NLC.