BRIGG MAYOR HIGHLIGHTS MEMORABLE TOWN EVENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Coun Brian Parker reflected on some memorable Brigg events and achievements when he delivered his Town Mayor's Report to the Annual Town Public Meeting held earlier this week in the Buttercross.
He mentioned the town centre's Christmas lights provided by the Town Council.
The switch-on ceremony will be reverting to its traditional Friday night slot this year and will take place on November 25. The 2021 switch-on was on a Thursday.
The town's first citizen said he had been honoured to succeed Coun Sharon Riggall as Mayor.
The Town Council operating periodic market day consultation sessions with local residents, one of which featured the presentation of Brigg's best-kept garden and allotment awards.
The town gaining a gold award in the East Midlands in Bloom competition, and Brigg's Poppy Appeal collection was well supported.

Other topics, events and achievements mentioned by Coun Parker in his report included: 

• The Holocaust Memorial Service 2022 held on the Millennium Green, Elwes Street, in January.

• The projection of images onto the front of the Buttercross after dark, including poppies and snowflakes (a new initiative).
• New flagpoles being erected either side of the Buttercross, with Union and Lincolnshire flags displayed.
• No increase being made in the Town Council's portion of householders' annual council tax bills.
• Staging a successful Civic Dinner earlier this month, with money being raised for the Town Mayor's chosen charities.

Coun Parker thanked Town Clerk Kerry McGrath (pictured top left with him during the Annual Town Public Meeting), fellow members of Brigg Town Council for their support and Keith Simpson, his Chaplain.
Also pictured... The Town Mayor presenting Newlands estate resident Derek Capp with his best-kept garden award in August, and the projected poppy display on the front of the Buttercross last autumn.